Satirical news

Though there are some similar characteristics between the two types, satirical news differs from fake news. Golbeck et al. (2018) discuss satirical news as a way of presenting factually incorrect stories as news with the intention of highlighting or ridiculing unfavourable behaviour. Brugman et al. (2022) note that satirical news is a hybrid news genre that critiques current affairs humorously. They state that, "by providing humorous criticism, satirical news entertains, but also has the potential to influence audiences’ thoughts and feelings about the current affairs that are humorously critiqued."

Sources

Brugman, B. C., Burgers, C., Beukeboom, C. J., & Konijn, E. A. (2022). Humor in satirical news headlines: Analyzing humor form and content, and their relations with audience engagement. Mass Communication & Society, 26(6), 963–990. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2144747

Golbeck, J., Mauriello, M., Auxier, B., Bhanushali, K. H., Bonk, C., Bouzaghrane, M. A., Buntain, C., Chanduka, R., Cheakalos, P., Everett, J. B., Falak, W., Gieringer, C., Graney, J., Hoffman, K. M., Huth, L., Ma, Z., Jha, M., Khan, M., Kori, V., … Visnansky, G. (2018). Fake news vs satire: A dataset and analysis. Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science, 17–21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3201064.3201100

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The websites listed above are just a small sample of available satirical news websites. You can do an internet search to find many more.

The TV shows listed above are just a small sample of the satirical TV news programs available. You can do an internet search to find many more.