"Make Love Not Warcraft," "Put It Down," and "Fishsticks" are all among the absolute greatest South Park episodes that are ...

Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man is an incisive and disturbing black comedy that masterfully unravels the human psyche under ...

How did satire get so stupid? Not long ago, satire reigned as the highest form of comedy. It could shake political regimes, and spur social change. But in the Internet age, satire mostly subsists as ...

We found that labeling an article as “satire” was uniquely effective. Users were less likely to believe stories labeled as satire, were less likely to share them and saw the source as less credible.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own," said Jonathan Swift, the gifted 18th-century lasher of human hypocrisy. "Which is the chief reason ...

Can humor that bites actually sell? Discover why satire may be the most underused secret weapon in modern radio advertising.

Few observers of global discourse range as widely as Elnathan John, the novelist, satirist, and lawyer who frequently participates online and off in conversations about art, politics, and culture ...

BRANSON, Mo. — No, it’s not real news, but it is news satire. Branson Area Breaking News (BABN) — a Facebook page that was created in 2020 and now has almost 39,000 followers — is satire that can ...

Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. His latest book is Question Authority: A Polemic About Trust in Five Meditations. The aftermath of right-wing commentator ...

Offensive games are touchy subjects, and the concept of "offense" itself is a tricky, fluid thing. What offends one person doesn't offend another, and occasionally offense can be used as a tool for ...