How many people you know read a hard copy of newspaper? Not many people sit down and watch the news on television anymore. Instead of getting information involving society, and particularly politics, through newspapers and television networks, many people in North America are getting their daily news through different types of media. Types of media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., only show part of a news story. In result of this, people who rely on these medias for their knowledge of politics are often given a fragmented and satirical version of the story.
In Saara Sarma's article, "Collage: An Art Inspired Methodology for Studying Laughter in World Politics" the accidental and comedic representation of world politics is discussed. This author creates artistic collages to "respond to questions of knowledge production on the internet era by bringing forth memes and other internet parody images, which anyone can produce and circulate" (Sarma). Throughout her article she goes on to state that politics today are often represented through anecdotes because of the forms of media that people are using. She talks about the importance of modern media being used effectively in order for the "real" news to be given to society instead of false or comedic versions of stories. She states, " I think that if we want our work to be accessible to a wide audience, we need to work with issues and materials that are familiar in the everyday" (Sarma).
I completely agree with Saarma. In order for people to obtain correct information about what is going on in the world today, this knowledge must be offered to them in ways that they are interested in. Below is a quick video on the history of political satire in TV. Here we can see how popular TV shows throughout generations have altered political news through media.
In Saara Sarma's article, "Collage: An Art Inspired Methodology for Studying Laughter in World Politics" the accidental and comedic representation of world politics is discussed. This author creates artistic collages to "respond to questions of knowledge production on the internet era by bringing forth memes and other internet parody images, which anyone can produce and circulate" (Sarma). Throughout her article she goes on to state that politics today are often represented through anecdotes because of the forms of media that people are using. She talks about the importance of modern media being used effectively in order for the "real" news to be given to society instead of false or comedic versions of stories. She states, " I think that if we want our work to be accessible to a wide audience, we need to work with issues and materials that are familiar in the everyday" (Sarma).
I completely agree with Saarma. In order for people to obtain correct information about what is going on in the world today, this knowledge must be offered to them in ways that they are interested in. Below is a quick video on the history of political satire in TV. Here we can see how popular TV shows throughout generations have altered political news through media.