In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to new ...

This semester, when we saw that our weekly print paper would fall on April Fools' Day, we decided to produce a front page that featured our satire writing. This paper and all the stories comprising it ...

Jessica is a young writer from Brisbane, Australia. An avid consumer and lover of all things Film and TV, you will never tear her away from a screen. A tendency rooted from childhood, she once had ...

If lampooning was a threat to national security, defence, reputation and India’s foreign relations, the first Prime Minister of the country, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru would have desisted from telling ...

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 ...

Satire—the coupling of criticism and humor—has been a popular means to add a seemingly lighthearted touch to somewhat sensitive topics. For example, Saturday Night Live parodied quarterback Tom Brady ...

Satire is a powerful force for political and cultural change. But is it even possible in a world that outstrips our imagination on a daily—or even hourly—basis? Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with them ...

A new study suggests satire and memes may shape negative public perception more than direct criticism. It's a possibility, according to researchers behind a new study investigating the role satire ...

Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 1, 2016. U.S.

Amid an entertainment landscape oversaturated with generic superhero films, Amazon Prime’s The Boys quickly set itself apart as a sharp satire not just of the Marvel fad but of society and media more ...

Since Snopes' start in the mid-1990s, our fact-checkers have alerted readers to numerous pieces of satire. That's many decades of "jokes" targeting politicians and celebrities, or putting twists on ...