{"id":155826,"date":"2021-01-14T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=155826"},"modified":"2021-01-14T14:18:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T19:18:46","slug":"farnsworth-and-seltzer-deliver-research-paper-on-political-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2021\/01\/14\/farnsworth-and-seltzer-deliver-research-paper-on-political-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"Farnsworth and Seltzer Deliver Research Paper on Political Humor"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155827 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/late-night-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Late Night with Trump book cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/late-night-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/late-night-cover-150x225.jpg 150w, \/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/late-night-cover.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University&rsquo;s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Kate Seltzer, a UMW senior double majoring in political science and communication, are co-authors of a research paper, &ldquo;Late Night Political Humor and the 2020 Presidential Nomination Campaign: A Democratic Field Competes with Donald Trump,&rdquo; which was delivered (online) at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association earlier this month. The paper is an update of Professor Farnsworth&rsquo;s recent co-authored book, <em>Late Night With Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency<\/em>.<\/p><p>Farnsworth also recently delivered an online lecture, &ldquo;Reviewing the 2020 U.S. Election: The Challenges of Democracy in Practice,&rdquo; to the University of Malaysia, Sabah. Professor Farnsworth was a Fulbright Specialist at Methodist College Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during Summer 2019.<\/p><p>He also offered insight in a number of recent regional, national and international news stories:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/post\/taking-look-what-expect-2021-general-assembly-session#stream\/0\">Taking a Look at What to Expect from the 2021 General Assembly Session (WVTF)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/prince-william-democrats-election\/2021\/01\/04\/48d27f72-4acf-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html\">After fueling a blue tide, Democrats in changing Virginia suburb aim high for more influence (The Washington Post; Stamford Advocate)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginia-general-assembly-session\/2021\/01\/08\/55e60a42-51c5-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html\">Big ideas face the hard reality of coronavirus as Virginia General Assembly prepares to convene (The Washington Post)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/us-politics\/article-trump-supporters-engage-in-historic-attacks-on-us-democracy-on-a-day\/\">Trump supporters engage in historic attacks on U.S. democracy on a day reserved to celebrate it (The Globe and Mail)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2113711\">U.S. Capitol on Lockdown (CTV News Channel)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/01\/08\/facebook-blocks-virginia-state-senator-over-conspiracies\/\">Facebook Blocks Page of Virginia State Senator Who Spread Conspiracy Theories on Capitol Riot (dcist)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/us-politics\/video-analysis-what-changes-republicans-trump-and-biden-face-after-the\/\">Analysis: What changes Republicans, Trump and Biden face after the storming of the Capitol (Globe and Mail, Toronto)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2021\/01\/08\/divide-deepens-in-virginia-gop-as-democrats-renew-calls-for-trumps-early-ouster\/\">Divide deepens in Virginia GOP as Democrats renew calls for Trump&rsquo;s early ouster (Virginia Mercury)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2116666\">Democrats Unveil Articles of Impeachment (CTV News Channel)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2118173\">Trump Faces Second Impeachment (CTV News Channel)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/america-votes\/can-president-trump-issue-pardons-while-impeached-experts-at-odds-1.5266242\">Can President Trump issue pardons while impeached? Experts at odds (ctvnews.ca)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larazon.es\/internacional\/20210110\/vdthvvls7rb3fbo4sqo4wwj4ke.html\">&ldquo;It will be very difficult for Biden to govern with the scenario that Trump leaves him&rdquo; (La Razon of Spain)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiascope.com\/i-didnt-see-a-focus-on-issues-says-lee-carter-in-explanation-of-candidacy-for-governor\/\">&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t see a focus on issues,&rdquo; says Lee Carter in explanation of candidacy for Governor (Virginia Scope)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiascope.com\/mcauliffe-announces-huge-fundraising-numbers\/\">McAuliffe announces huge fundraising numbers (Virginia Scope; Henrico Citizen)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2020\/dec\/26\/saturday-night-live-joe-biden-colbert-comedy-trump\">Saturday Night Live seeks fresh Biden as political comedy faces new era (The Guardian)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/962-viewpoints-with-todd-van-d-28751659\/\">Viewpoints with Todd Vanderheyden (iheart.com)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/20\/12\/18\/prince-william-county-va-bias-training-protest\/\">3 Prince William Supervisors Walked Out Of Unconscious Bias Training In Protest (dcist.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University&rsquo;s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Kate Seltzer, a UMW senior double majoring in political science and communication, are co-authors of a research paper, &ldquo;Late Night Political Humor and the 2020 Presidential Nomination Campaign: A Democratic Field Competes with Donald Trump,&rdquo; which was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":155827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[233,9040,25251,814],"class_list":["post-155826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-professional-notes","tag-center-for-leadership-and-media-studies","tag-department-of-political-science-and-international-affairs","tag-kseltzer","tag-sfarnswo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}