Abstract
This study intends to analyze the relationship of politicians’ Parody in TV comedy shows on the mainstream news channels of Pakistan and perception of viewers about politicians’ traits. This is an attempt to assess the political implications of political satire in the political culture of Pakistan. It is imperative to have a better understanding of the audience perception of the politicians who are being mimicked in political comedy programs regularly, in order to place effects of these shows in their proper context. Political interest and Exposure of viewer to Parody has been examined with the relationship of viewers’ perception about politicians’ personality features, vision and image. The results are based on the data collected in a random survey (N=130) conducted in University of Gujrat, Pakistan. Pearson correlation and two sample t test were employed to analyze the data. Results show that student’s political interest and exposure to politicians’ Parody in political comedy shows is correlated with their perception of politicians significantly and there is no significant difference of respondents’ exposure to comedy, interest and politicians’ traits perception with reference to gender.
Keyword(s)
Parody, Political comedy programs, political perception, Political satire