• Takes a sweeping look at the role of political humor in framing the nation’s political discourse, putting an entertaining topic in context with serious political analysis. • Offers the first look at political humor during the Biden years and projects past them to the evolution of political humor post-Trump. • Combines content analysis of leading late-night programs and public opinion studies from other sources, including the Pew Research Center, showing students the importance of empirical research and analysis. • Focuses on the very latest aspects of the social media age – and on comedy programs very popular with young adults – speaking to college-age readers in particular. • Takes a unique interdisciplinary/mixed-methodology approach to American political humor, from political science, communication studies, media studies, and other fields.

• Takes a sweeping look at the role of political humor in framing the nation’s political discourse, putting an entertaining topic in context with serious political analysis. • Offers the first look at political humor during the Biden years and projects past them to the evolution of political humor post-Trump. • Combines content analysis of leading late-night programs and public opinion studies from other sources, including the Pew Research Center, showing students the importance of empirical research and analysis. • Focuses on the very latest aspects of the social media age – and on comedy programs very popular with young adults – speaking to college-age readers in particular. • Takes a unique interdisciplinary/mixed-methodology approach to American political humor, from political science, communication studies, media studies, and other fields.