To understand how funny satire (or inappropriate) can work, we must first establish that viewers an

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The terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo of 7 January this year. Showed westgate mall that the response to political satire can be incredibly violent. In 2006, the world had already westgate mall met the 'cartoon riots "when Muslims around the world took to the streets to protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Just as well, there are examples of satire that are indeed found funny by an audience that actually own ridicule. What determines whether people now a satire or not evaluate as funny? This question was part of a research I did on the consequences of political satire. With an experiment was investigated when a LuckyTV -Item about the cuts to public broadcasting or not funny was found.
To understand how funny satire (or inappropriate) can work, we must first establish that viewers and readers of satire actively trying to understand jokes. To understand people have to use a satire of their existing knowledge and experience, because without context, a joke no meaning. As knowledge and experiences among people can widely vary, interpretation and appreciation of satire can also vary considerably.
Although it is not necessary to understand a satire full - humorous view or bizarre situations that are already often sketched westgate mall on itself like - studies have shown that political humor is often not funny is found when people westgate mall personally attacked westgate mall by feel. When an audience has that they or people they affiliate themselves (ie. Politicians, parties or government) are ridiculed this can bring their self-image is so compromised that they unknowingly decide to find the satire did not like. Whether a joke or not liked depends so often from people support or criticize the subject of satire or reject. It is not "funny" to see that you or what you believe is ridiculed. People who supported Nixon found the following cartoon of the stumbling presidential eg much less fun than those who supported the Democratic candidate McGovern.
Now there are numerous cases in which people find it funny turn if they or their ideas are put through a satire fool. Research in the US (here and here) showed that the Colbert Report also found funny by many conservative westgate mall voters, while one big parody of FoxNews-like programs that openly westgate mall supported the Republican party. Liberal viewers find this comedy funny, because the conservative media as over-the-top to be imitated and thus be ridiculed. Conservatives think Stephen Colbert just fun because he represents their opinion on a witty and "somewhat" exaggerated westgate mall manner.
The American 70s sitcom All in the Family and the Counterparty F. Jacobse and Tedje Es Van Kooten and De Bie were for the same reason popular among people with different political affiliations. While voters on the left side of the political spectrum these comedies probably found funny because right-wing populist ideas were parodied, felt right viewers nice to see how their opinion finally clear and sharp was put forward. This type of interpreting is also called "selective treatment" mentioned. People westgate mall interpret satire prefers in a way that fits into their street and therefore poses no threat to their own image.
Now the question arises occurs under what circumstances selective treatment and when people no longer like satire. A study of Podlas (open source) showed that people only interpret a satire in a way that is at odds with their beliefs (and therefore westgate mall do not like) and they understand westgate mall the joke completely and the message of the satirist explicitly clear. But in most cases of satire's message is far from fully understood. To interpret the satire still the way it was intended by the author westgate mall often quite a lot of background knowledge required. For instance try to understand satire from another country; high probability westgate mall that the penny falls.
To test whether background knowledge is indeed westgate mall a decisive factor for the truer