Having read my classmates' blog entries I have to admit I am
pleasantly surprised. I am happy to see that the majority of my classmates
whose blogs I read shared my belief that shows like The Daily Show are indeed
an effective form of culture jamming.
Having read some fellow bloggers' views,
in combination with my own, I believe there will be plenty of room for
satirical news shows like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, etc. to expand
and receive more attention. It is quite possible that along with more
viewers, these types of shows will become a more popular method used to inform
oneself of the public and political goings on in the targeted groups.
In her most recent blog entry Shaiann Richards wrote “In the end,
I believe that satirical news is a form of culture jamming that is used to
display different viewpoints of social and political issues.” (http://shaiannrichards.wordpress.com/).
This is a good example of my point in my own blog entry; satirical news opens
up different avenues of informing ourselves about current goings-on when the
mainstream “normal” news doesn’t appease or appeal to us.
Another benefit of this form of culture jamming is that it helps
take away the extra dramatic angles that newscasters and their stations impose
on their stories in order to gain more attention. Another student wrote: “By
adding humor to their show the topics on these shows lose significance. However
the public is still made aware of these issues so these news broadcasts do not
create misconceptions with their media portrayals.” (http://jattinc.wordpress.com/2013/11/).
I agree with this statement and believe that that factor will play a major role
in the snowballing popularity of satirical news shows.
These shows are reaching out and getting the attention of
different audiences than the mainstream news shows do, yet another reason this
type of media will be quite viable in the future. I am not the only one that
feels this way, either. Alana Lutz wrote “…these shows are using
culture-jamming techniques to engage a different audience than the regular news
outlets.” (http://itsalanalutz.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/is-the-fake-news-the-real-news/).
She was not the first either who agreed that these shows are engaging to an
entirely different crowd!
All in all this boils down to my opinion after having read many of
my classmates’ blogs which still stands: these shows are now, and will continue
to be, a very viable form of both culture jamming and informing oneself of the
news without having to resort to the “normal” outlets.