Name: Women Comedians in the Digital Age By Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)
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Women Comedians in the Digital Age: Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump by Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations, and become political activists
This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is changing comedy, empowering women to create new comic forms and negotiate the contentious political climate incited by former President Donald. J. Trump
Chapters are focused on video-podcasting, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the streaming platform Netflix - each containing informative case studies on significant women comedians who use them, including Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Mindy Kaling, Colleen Ballinger, Lilly Singh, Ms. Pat, Whitney Cummings, Issa Rae, and others
To understand their strategies, this book examines the popularity of their digital content, their career-outcomes in television and film, as well as the ups and downs of their critical reputations in magazines, newspapers, the trade press, and with their participatory audiences online
This insightful and timely work will appeal to scholars researching and teaching in the areas of media studies, digital communication, gender studies and performance

About Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

Alex Symons is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at LIM College, New York City.

1. Advantages and Adverse Effects: How Digital Work Empowers Women Comedians in Trump's America 2. Women Comedians' Video Podcasting on YouTube: How Complex Authenticity Cultivates Fans 3. Women Comedians Trapped on TikTok: The Opportunities and Limitations of Cringey, Intersectional Comedy 4. Witty Women on Twitter: Collaborative Reputation Making, Anti-Fandom, and Harnessing the Trolls 5.Conformity with Comic Subversion: How Women Comedians Shape their Reputations using Instagram 6.Women Comedians' Working Practices on YouTube: The Sometimes-Difficult Transition to Television 7. Netflix's Calculated Risks in Comedy: Unlikely Women's First Stand-up Specials 8. Trump's War with Women Satirists on Television: How Carnivalesque Comedy Generates Digital Redistribution 9. Participatory Audiences in Trump's Cancel Culture: How Women Comedian-Activists Survive and Earn Prestige 10. Conclusions

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ISBN 13

9781032215020

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103221502X

Title

Women Comedians in the Digital Age: Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump by Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

Author

Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

Series

Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2022-12-30

Number of pages

208

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Women Comedians in the Digital Age Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

Women Comedians in the Digital Age by Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

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Women Comedians in the Digital Age Summary

Women Comedians in the Digital Age: Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump by Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

About Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

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