In the Press
Audio Interviews on Irony & Outrage
(2019, December 12). The Politics of Humor: The left and the right are looking for different kinds of laughs, The Gist with Mike Pesca, Slate. December 12. Listen here: https://slate.com/podcasts/the-gist/2019/12/dannagal-goldthwaite-young-on-her-new-book-irony-and-outrage
(2019, December 4). Irony and Outrage. Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY NPR. December 4. Listen here: https://whyy.org/episodes/irony-and-outrage/
(2019, August 2) Liberal late-night, Conservative talk shows and America’s divided politics. In Depth with Keith Menconi, KCBS Radio San Francisco. August 2. Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/kcbs-in-depth/liberal-late-night-conservative-talks-shows-and-am
(2019, June 20). Why liberals and conservatives create such different media. The Ezra Klein Show. Vox.com. June 20. Listen here: https://smashnotes.com/p/the-ezra-klein-show/e/why-liberals-and-conservatives-create-such-different-media-with-danna-young
Press Articles and Op-Eds
Young, D. G. (2020, May 15). I was a Conspiracy Theorist, Too. Vox.com.
Young, D. G. & McGregor, S. (2020, February 14). Mass Propaganda Used to be Difficult, but Facebook made it Easy. The Washington Post.
Young, D. G. (2019, Jan 2). Let’s disrupt the logic that’s driving Americans apart. Nieman Journalism Lab.
Young, D. G. (2019, Dec 5). Why liberal satire and conservative outrage are both responses to mainstream media — but with very different powers, Nieman Journalism Lab.
Young, D. G. & Pfister, M. (2018, Nov 6) Turning the Wage Gap into a Dump. The Laughter Effect on Medium, CMSI.
Young, D. G. (2018, May 23). John Oliver as Information Subsidizer. The Laughter Effect on Medium.
Young, D. G. (2018, Feb 22). The Limits of Humor: When Comedians Get Serious. The Laughter Effect on Medium.
Young, D. G. (2017, Dec 20). Stop Covering Politics as a Game. Nieman Journalism Lab.
Young, D. G. (2016, Dec 12). The Return of the Gatekeepers. Nieman Journalism Lab.
Young, D. G. (2016, Nov 30). How to Deal with 2016 Media Despair. The Atlantic.
Young, D. G. (2015, Aug 6). Jon Stewart Showed How Journalists Can Challenge Bland Assertions and Spin. New York Times.
Young, D. G. (2015, Aug 9). When Funny got Serious. Philadelphia Inquirer.
select Media coverage
Gallagher, F. (2020, Nov 22). Why Millions don't trust the Election Results, Despite no Evidence of Widespread Fraud: Experts. ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/millions-trust-election-results-evidence-widespread-fraud-experts/story?id=74258192
Steinberg, B. (2020, Nov 20). After Years of Watching the Trump Show, TV News Starts to Turn it off. Variety. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-donald-trump-biden-presidency-fox-news-newsmax-1234836818/
Sanz, C. (2020, Nov 18). Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. amplified claims of election fraud, analysis shows. ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-jr-amplified-claims-election/story?id=74261329
Ghaffary, S. (2020, Nov 2). The Long-term Consequences of Trump's Conspiracy Theory Campaign. Vox Recode. https://www.vox.com/recode/21546119/trump-conspiracy-theories-election-2020-coronavirus-voting-vote-by-mail
Wenzel, J. (2020, Oct 26). From Biden to Hickenlooper, Dems Dominate Music in Politics. But Does it Make a Difference? The Denver Post. https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/10/26/john-hickenlooper-cory-gardener-senate-music-colorado-songs-permission/247601/
Steinberg, B. (2020, Oct 16). How Savannah Guthrie Helped Salvage NBC's Risky Bet on Town Hall. Variety. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nbc-trump-town-hall-savannah-guthrie-tv-news-1234807771/
CBS News (2020, Oct 4). How Personality Traits Impact Political Beliefs. https://news.yahoo.com/personality-traits-impact-political-beliefs-021229792.html
Bittle, M. (2020, April 25). A Political Divide: Ideology Colors Perceptions of Virus, Recovery. Delaware State News. https://delawarestatenews.net/coronavirus/a-political-divide-ideology-colors-perception-of-virus-recovery/
Waldman, P. (2020, February 11). Why Trump's Rage is Exactly What Conservatives Want. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/11/why-trumps-rage-is-exactly-what-conservatives-want/
Zahneis, M. (2019, December 20). Was It Wrong for a Professor to Show a Student Video Parodying a Hitler Film — or for UMass to Remove Her for It? Chronicle for Higher Ed. December 20. https://www-chronicle-com.udel.idm.oclc.org/article/Was-It-Wrong-for-a-Professor/247753?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
Rosenberg, P. (2019, December 8). Irony and Outrage: part 2: Why Colbert got serious — and why Donald Trump isn't funny, Salon, December 8. https://www.salon.com/2019/12/08/irony-and-outrage-part-2-why-colbert-got-serious-and-why-donald-trump-isnt-funny/
Weiss, J. (2019, June 15). How Trump turned liberal comedians conservative. Politico. June 15. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/15/trump-comedy-political-satire-daily-show-stewart-colbert-bee-227151
Rosenberg, P. (2019, December 7). Irony and Outrage: How different — and how similar — are Fox News and Samantha Bee? Salon, December 7. https://www.salon.com/2019/12/07/irony-and-outrage-how-different-and-how-similar-are-fox-news-and-samantha-bee/
Dolan, E. (2019, May 11). Underlying psychological traits could explain why political satire tends to be liberal. Psypost, May 11. https://www.psypost.org/2019/05/underlying-psychological-traits-could-explain-why-political-satire-tends-to-be-liberal-53666
Garrett, R. (2018, November 3). Ted Cruz’s jokes often skewer Beto O’Rourke, who prefers to rib himself. Dallas Morning News. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/11/03/ted-cruzs-jokes-often-skewer-beto-orourke-prefers-rib
Zak, D. (2018, Oct 8). The Battle in your Earbuds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-battle-in-your-earbuds-the-bros-of-political-podcasting-and-their-quest-to-reinvent-punditry/2018/10/07/ee6ce61c-c5ba-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.a442c1c8ab68
Akpan, N. (2018, September). How seeing a political logo can impair your understanding of facts. PBS Newshour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-seeing-a-political-logo-can-impair-your-understanding-of-facts
Agence France Presse. (2018, August 26). Trump social media ‘censorship’ claim is fake but widely believed. AFP. https://www.geo.tv/latest/208550-trump-social-media-censorship-claim-is-fake-but-widely-believed
Barr, J. (2018, July 31). Why Conservatives find few laughs on Late-night Television. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanberr/2018/07/31/why-conservatives-find-few-laughs-on-late-night-television/#114ea1d67b44
Steinberg, B. (2018, February 16). And now this: John Oliver just might be a journalist. Variety. https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/john-oliver-journalist-hbo-last-week-tonight-1202702144/
Jacobs, T. (2017, Dec 27). Why Conservatives just aren’t into Comedy. The Week. http://theweek.com/articles/744515/why-conservatives-just-arent-into-comedy
Mordock, J. (2017, Dec 24). Conservatives get cancelled, liberals quit laughing. Washington Times. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/24/conservatives-banished-comedy-industry/
Jacobs, T. (2017, Nov 27). Liberals love to laugh – conservatives, not so much. Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/social-justice/why-arent-conservatives-funny
(2017, December 1). Trump’s war on CNN takes on news significance in merger debate. AFP. http://www.france24.com/en/20171201-trumps-war-cnn-takes-new-significance-merger-debate
Steinberg, B. (2017, Oct 11). Robin Thede’s Late-night Launch Brings New View to Wee-Hours TV. Variety. http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/robin-thede-late-night-tv-bet-1202587038/