Communicating Political Humor in the Media

Ofer Feldman is an Emeritus Professor of Political Psychology and Behavior, and Adjunct Researcher at Doshisha University; and Affiliated Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. His research centers on the psychological underpinnings of mass and elite political behavior in Japan, and he has extensively published journal articles and book chapters on issues related to political communication and persuasion, political leadership, and political culture. His books include Talking Politics in Japan Today (2004), When Politicians Talk: The Cultural Dynamics of Public Speaking (2021, edited), Politicians’ Rhetoric: The Psychology of Words and Facial Expressions (2022, in Japanese, with Ken Kinoshita), Adversarial Political Interviewing: Worldwide Perspectives During Polarized Times (2022, edited), Political Debasement: Incivility, Contempt, and Humiliation in Parliamentary and Public Discourse (2023, edited), and Debasing Political Rhetoric: Dissing Opponents, Journalists, and Minorities in Populist Leadership Communication (2023, edited). In 2021, he was elected Honorary Chair of the Research Committee on Political Psychology, International Political Science Association.

Chapter 1: Humor and Politics in the Media: A Conceptual Introduction.- Part I: Humor in Political Cartoons.- Chapter 2: The Relationship between Culture and Political Humor in Japanese Manga.- Chapter 3: A Tale of Two Presidents: Indonesian Humor As Depicted in Political Cartoons.- Chapter 4: Mocking the Inept: Brazilian Cartoons and Criticism of the Jair Bolsonaro Government.- Chapter 5: How Political Cartoons Reveal Türkiye’s Cultural Dynamics: An Analysis of Three Satirical Magazines.- Chapter 6: Spanish Humor and Political Culture through Cartoons: Multimodal Discursive Analysis of Forges’s Socio-Political, Graphic Universe.- Chapter 7: Far-Right Political Humor in Australia: Culture, Coloniality, and Exclusion.- Part II: Political Humor in the Broadcast Media.- Chapter 8: Televised Political Satire in Poland: Historical Roots and Social Implications of Stereotypical Representations of Politicians and Politics.- Chapter 9: Sexist Humor in Public Facebook Comments Delegitimizing Female Politicians within Montenegro’s Patriarchal Culture.- Chapter 10: Exploring Attitudinal Meaning in Iranian Political Humor Targets as Distributed through Social Networks.- Chapter 11: Mocking the Powers That Be: The Case of Culture and Political Humor in Malaysia.- Part III: Political Humor in the Print Media.- Chapter 12: Politically Related Senryû Verses in Daily Newspapers as a Manifestation of Humor in Japan.- Chapter 13: Depicting “La Grieta”: The Role of Political Satire and Humor in Argentinean Polarization.- Part IV: Conclusion.- Chapter 14: The Complexity of Media Political Humor: Research Considerations.- Index.