THE INFLUENCE OF SATIRE ON POLITICSSATIRE is literally using humour when making commentary or criticism. Its influence on politics these days has developed hugely especially with the coming of social media and the harsh reality is that the influence will only get bigger and bigger.We now live in an era where people love entertainment so much that even politicians have realised that for them to get the voter’s attention they ought to be humourous.It is strongly believed that satire’s influence on politics started over two thousand years ago and the ancient Greek dramatist, Aristophanes, is considered to be the one who satirised politics because of the way he criticised Anthenian leaders and their conduct of the Peloponnesian War.Today’s politics have been satirised world over and that is the reason why more people have come to love politics and their participation has increased.Politics is now no longer about just serious policy debates but also about humour […]
THE INFLUENCE OF SATIRE ON POLITICS
