While satirical news has the potential to sway viewers’ political opinions, empirical evidence for these effects remains mixed. Although some studies have shown that satire consumption results in viewer attitudes being more line with satirists’ positions, other did not. A possible explanation conflicting findings is lack of clarity about mediating processes play a role this relationship. Theref...

This article explores the question of ethos in Theatre de diverses cerveaux du monde, text written 1583 by Tommaso Garzoni and three years later translated from Italian into French Gabriel Chappuys. The book is a collection satirical speeches, which author praises or condemns different types “brains”, i.e. character traits. ethos, author’s self-creation work, takes very specific form; it not on...