Polling Time, Laughter Time (A Focus on the Media Perception of Bulgarian Election Practices)

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Pages: 551-578
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/JFOM7622

Abstract:

This text examines the notion of elections, shaped by the Bulgarian humorous press during four consecutive but very different periods of the country’s modern and contemporary history. The purpose is to detect the existence of sustainable elements in the media’s perception of elections for a century and a half. The evolution of the sign and intensity of political laughter (considered only at specific time points at regular 50-year intervals) confirms the stable trend of developing a negative perception of Bulgarian elections in humorous discourse.

Keywords:

elections; laughter; humorous press; caricature; perception

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