Politieke satire, wat moet je ermee? - Erasmus University Thesis ...
Politieke satire, wat moet je ermee? - Erasmus University Thesis ...
Politieke satire, wat moet je ermee? - Erasmus University Thesis ...
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Abstract: <strong>Politieke</strong> <strong>satire</strong>, <strong>wat</strong> <strong>moet</strong> <strong>je</strong> <strong>ermee</strong>?<br />
Keywords: Koefnoen, Politics, Satire, Adolescents, Perception<br />
It is often said that young people have little interest in politics. They are not only less<br />
interested in politics. The interest in the traditional media, which is the number one information<br />
source regarding political information, is also becoming less. Over the years a lot of research has<br />
been done. These researches show that youngsters are little involved in politics, that they are not<br />
active in politics and that they have lack of political knowledge.<br />
Very few research has been done concerning the experiences that young people do have<br />
with politics. Therefore, in this study the focus is situated on the way young people are informed<br />
about politics through popular media. The research question of this thesis that has been answered is:<br />
In what way do Dutch youngsters give meaning to political <strong>satire</strong> on television? Answering this<br />
question was important, because of the lack of research that has been done regarding this sub<strong>je</strong>ct.<br />
After a literature study, two focus groups were performed. The information obtained from<br />
the literature study and the focus groups has been used to create the survey. Highly educated Dutch<br />
youngsters from different high schools have completed the survey. The results of this survey show<br />
that the highly educated Dutch youngsters find it important to have some political knowledge. But<br />
they also show that the youngsters think politics is boring, complicated and hard. A way to make the<br />
boring and complicated politics more attractive, is political <strong>satire</strong>.<br />
All the survey results are incorporated into a multiple linear regression analysis in order to<br />
answer the research question. Three independent variables significantly correlate with the meaning<br />
to political <strong>satire</strong>. When respondents perceive politics as difficult, they give meaning to political <strong>satire</strong><br />
in a positive way. When the meaning about the Dutch satirical television program Koefnoen<br />
positively increases, the meaning to political <strong>satire</strong> positively increases too. Also, when the<br />
respondents criticize Koefnoen as an accessible program, the meaning to political <strong>satire</strong> positively<br />
increases.<br />
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