Political Science 2192A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sarah Palin, Cold Open, School Bullying
10 Nov 2020
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6:23 pm: timely political commentary : currency, importance, narrative, more linked to current issues, tends to be critique, always: poli culture, institutions and politicians, add: media and social media, built on caricature and exaggeration. Impact: tina fey as sarah palin: exaggerating things palin did, fey matched resemblance, accent, mannerisms, people started to think fey was palin or thought palin would, reiterates idea unprepared, uniformed, dangerous act like fey. Fey took palin"s mistakes and people started to associate the two. Image not qualifications became important: became rather than seeing palin as candidate it started to, critique cynical political culture become about her image. Snl - weekend update: concentrated political commentary. Snl-impact on politics: rise of fake news, politicians as celeb, palin, trump, cynicism about politics and politicians, washington political culture, how people learn about politics, superiority of average person. What: replicate stereotypes, prejudices, divisions, current but just makes us think about politics, nonetheless it has an impact on politics.
