The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News

Acknowledgements.

Introduction: Great Book, or the Greatest Book?.

Segment One: Headlines: Faux News is Good News:.

1. Amusing Ourselves to Death with Television News: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and the Huxleyan Warning: Gerald J. Erion (Medaille College).

2. The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source: Michael Gettings (Hollins University).

3. The Fake News as the Fifth Estate: Rachael Sotos (New School for General Studies).

4. The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show: Jason Zinser (Florida State University).

Segment Two: Correspondent’s Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort Of:.

5. Jon Stewart and the New Public Intellectual: Terrance MacMullan (Eastern Washington University).

6. Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power: Judith Barad (Indiana State University).

7. Can The Daily Show Save Democracy? Jon Stewart as the Gadfly of Gotham: Steven Michels and Michael Ventimiglia (Buffalo State College and Sacred Heart University).

8. Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101: Alejandro Bárcenas (University of Hawaii at Manoa).

Segment Three: Regular Feature: Critical Thinking and the War on Bullshit:.

9. Public Discourse and the Stewart Model of Critical Thinking: Roben Torosyan (Fairfield University).

10. The Daily Show’s Exposé of Political Rhetoric: Liam P. Dempsey (Dalhousie University).

11. Bullshit and Political Spin: Is the Medium the Massage?: Kimberly A. Blessing and Joseph J. Marren (both Buffalo State College).

12. Bullshitting Bullshitters and the Bullshit They Say: Andrew Sneddon (University of Ottawa).

Segment Four: Interview: Religion, God, and Darwin:.

13. The Challenge of Religious Diversity in “This Week in God”: Matthew S. Lopresti (Hawaii Pacific University).

14. Contingency, Irony, and “This Week in God”: Brad Frazier (Lee University).

15. Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars: Massimo Pigliucci (Stony Brook University).

Segment Five: Checking in with Stephen Colbert/Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show:.

16. America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory: Steve Vanderheiden (University of Minnesota Duluth).

17. The Daily Show/Colbert Report Guide to Neologizing: Jason Holt (Acadia University).

18. Truthiness, Self-Deception, and Intuitive Knowledge: Amber L. Griffioen (University of Iowa).

19. Stephen Colbert, Irony, and Speaking Truthiness to Power: Kevin S. Decker (Eastern Washington University).

Senior Philosophical Correspondents.

Index

ISBN: 9781405163149

Год издания: 2008

Язык: Английский

Paperback: 280 pages

Жанры:  Философия

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