EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Communication (April 2007), Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- DISSERTATION: The Psychology of Satire: Political humor and the construction of political candidates and issues
DISSERTATION ADVISOR: DR. Joseph N. Cappella
- 2001 M.A. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Advisor: Joseph N. Cappella.
- 1998 B.A. in Political Science and French, University of New Hampshire, Durham. Coursework, French Language and Literature, L'Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon France.
AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST
- Political satire and its effects on public opinion
- Parody and satire as modes of political communication
- Non-traditional sources of political information and their cognitive implications
- The intersection of entertainment and information
- Political opinion processing models: projection, persuasion, policy-based evaluation
- Social capital, media use, and political discussion
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2008 Lauren Feldman and Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (in press). "Late-Night Comedy
as a Gateway to Traditional News: An Analysis
of Time Trends in News Attention among Late-Night Comedy Viewers during
the 2004 Presidential Primaries," Political Communication, in press.
2008 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (2008). “The privileged role of the late-night joke: Exploring humor’s role in disrupting argument scrutiny,” Media Psychology,11 (1), 119 - 142.
2006 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young and Russ Tisinger (2006). “Dispelling late-night myths: News Consumption among Late-night Comedy Viewers and the Predictors of Expsosure to Various Late-night shows,” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11(3), 113-134.
2006 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (2006). “Late-night Comedy and the Salience of the Candidates’ Caricatured Traits in the 2000 Election,” Mass Communication and Society. 9(3), 339–366.
2004 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (2004). “Late Night Comedy in Election 2000: Its Influence on Candidate Trait Ratings and the Moderating Effects of Political Knowledge and Partisanship,” Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 48(1) 1-22.
2004 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (2004). “Sacrifice, Consumption, and the American way of Life: Advertising and Domestic Propaganda during World War II,” The Communication Review, 8(1) 27-52.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 Recipient of travel award from the University of Delaware's Center for International Studies to attend the 2007 Annual Meeting of the International Association for Mass Communication Researchers in Paris, France.
2005 Selected as a Graduate Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science by the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication.
2004 Winner of Seymour Sudman Student Paper Competition at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Phoenix, AZ, 13-16 May, 2004.
2003 Recognized by the Instructional and Developmental Division of the International Communication Association for “Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student” at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
2002 Second Place in Student Paper Competition of the Entertainment Studies Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, FL, 7-10 August, 2002.
1998 Caroline Gross Award for oustanding achievement in political science at the University of New Hampshire
1997 Phi Beta Kappa
BOOK CHAPTERS
2007 Young, D.G. “The Daily Show as New Journalism” Morris J. S., and J. C. Baumgartner, (Eds). Laughing Matters: Humor and American Politics in the Media Age. New York: Routledge.
2006 Young, D. G., Tisinger, R., Kenski, K, & Romer, D. (2006) “The Power of Numbers: Examining Subpopulations with the NAES.” In D. Romer, K. Kenski, C. Adasiewicz and K. H. Jamieson (Eds.) (2nd Ed.) Capturing Campaign Dynamics. The National Annenberg Election Survey: Design, Method, and Data. Oxford University Press.
SELECT NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS COVERAGE
2007 McFarland, Melanie (2007) "Late-night is returning. Whom with the joke be on?" Seattle Post Intelligencer, 17 December. Transcript Here.
2007 Research cited by Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker on NBC's Sunday morning show, "The Chris Matthews Show," 21 October. Transcript Here.
2007 Shister, Gail. (2007) “Young Adults Eschew Traditional Nightly News for 'The Daily Show'" Philadephia Inquirer, 13 May. Read Article Here
2007 Moss-Coane, M. (Executive Producer) “Disinformation: An interview with Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the authors of "UnSpun."," Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY, May 15.
2006 Moss-Coane, M. (Executive Producer) “Hour 2: Spotlight on 1812 Productions Holiday Show: This is the Week that is," Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY, 1 December. Listen to the archived show HERE or at: http://www.whyy.org/rameta/RT/2006/RT20061201_20_2.ram
2005 Lindell, C. (2005) “DeLay Jokes Light up Late-night TV.” Cox News Service, 22 April.
2004 Garofoli, J. (2004) “The Next Challenge is Keeping Young Voters Interested.” San Fransisco Chronicle, 7 November, A13.
2004 Goodman, T. (2004) “Jon Stewart, Seriously, here to stay” San Fransisco Chronicle, 29 October, E1.
2004 Garofoli, J. (2004) “Young voters turning to fake anchor for insight; comic Jon Stewart scores points with rant on Crossfire” San Fransisco Chronicle, 21 October, A1.
2004 Long, B. (2004) “Daily Show viewers ace political quiz: Survey reveals late-night tv viewers better informed” CNN.com, 29 September.
2004 Larson, M. (2004) “Comedy Central’s Daily Show Viewers Know Politics” Mediaweek.com, 28 September.
2004 Correy, S. (2004) “Seriously Funny Politics” Background Briefing, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Newsradio, available on-line at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1168895.htm, 1 August.
2004 Young, D. G. (2004) “No Laughing Matter: Do the Late-night Comics make a Difference?” www.gadflyer.com, 4 May.
RESEARCH REPORTS
2004 National Annenberg Election Survey (2004), “Daily Show Viewers Knowledgeable About Presidential Campaign,” available on-line at: http://www.naes04.org, 21 September.
2004 National Annenberg Election Survey (2004), “Young People Watch more Late-night Television,” available on-line at: www.naes04.org, 3 May.
OTHER WRITING PROJECTS
2006 “Politics in Popular Culture” chapter text boxes in Ginsberg, B., Lowi, T. J., and Weir, M. (Eds.) We the People: An Introduction to American Politics, 6th Edition. New York: WW Norton and Co.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2007
Young, D. G. (2007) “Jon Stewart a heretic? Surely you jest. The Daily Show's Impact on Cynicism, Political Engagement and Participation." Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 15-18 November.
2007
Young, D. G. and Caplan, S. (2007) “The use of online dating websites as sources of social support and self-expression for widows and widowers.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the International Association for Mass Communication Research, Paris, France, 23-25 July.
2006 Young, D. G. (2006) “The Counterargument-Disruption Model of Political Humor (CADIMO): Late-night Political Humor’s Effects on Cognitive Elaboration and the Conditional Effects of Partisanship.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, 15-19 November.
2006 Feldman, L. and Young, D. G. (2006) “Late-Night Comedy as a Gateway to Traditional News: An Analysis of Time Trends in News Attention among Late-Night Comedy Viewers during the 2004 Presidential Primaries.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1-4 September.
2005 Young, D. G. (2005) “The Daily Show as The New Journalism: In their own words.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, 17-20 November.
2005 Young, D. G. (2005) “When I think Kerry I think Flip-Flopper? An experimental exploration of the effects of political jokes on issue and trait salience.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 1-4 September.
2005 Kenski, K. & Young, D. G. (2005) “The effects of party identification on opinion processing.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Miami, FL, 12-15 May.
2004 Young, D. G. (2004) “The Chicken or the Egg? Tracking Themes in Late-night Jokes and Trends in Viewers’ Candidate Perceptions during the Primaries.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 11-14 November.
2004 Young, D. G. & Tisinger, R. (2004) “Late-night comedy: Substitute or Supplement? The Predictors of Exposure to Late-night Comedy Programs and Comparative Rates of News Consumption among avid Late-night Consumers.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 11-14 November.
2004 Young, D. G. (2004) “The Counterargument-Disruption Model of Political Humor (CADIMO): An experimental exploration of the effects of late-night political jokes on cognitive elaboration and the conditional effects of partisanship.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2-5 September.
2004 Young, D. G. & Kenski, K. (2004) “Trends in voter policy preferences and issue coverage in media content during the 2000 presidential election.” Paper presentation at the American Political Science Association pre-conference, Chicago, IL, 2-5 September.
2004 Kenski, K. & Young, D. G. (2004) “Policy-based Evaluation or Projection?: The formation of public opinion about presidential candidates during the 2000 party nominating conventions.” Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Phoenix, AZ, 13-16 May. **Winner of AAPOR's Seymour Sudman Student Paper Competition.
2003 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, “Laughing at our leaders: the role of the late-night rhetoric in the average American’s candidate lexicon” Paper presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Miami, FL, 19-23 November.
2003 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, “The Counter-argument Disruption Model of Political Humor” Paper presentation at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Miami, FL, 19-23 November.
2003 Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, “The Kiss, the Coke-head and the Creator of the Internet: Late-night Comedy’s Influence on the Salience of Campaign Events, Candidate Traits and Issues in the 2000 Election” Poster session at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 28-31 August.
2003 Vincent Price, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, Joseph Cappella, Anca Romantan, “Increasing Civic Engagement through On-Line Deliberation” Preconference presentation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 28-31 August.
2003 Dannagal Goldthwaite, “Television, Materialism, and Civic Engagement” Presentation to the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA, 23-27 May.
2003 Dannagal Goldthwaite, “Media Use and the National Annenberg Election Survey” Presentation to the annual conference of the New England chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Sudbury, MA, 4 April.
2002 Dannagal Goldthwaite, “Sacrifice, Consumption, and the American way of Life: Domestic wartime propaganda in the Saturday Evening Post during World War II” Presentation to the annual conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 21-24 November.
2002 Dannagal Goldthwaite, “Pinocchio v. Dumbo: Priming Candidate
Caricatures in Late-night Comedy Programs and the Moderating Effects of Political Knowledge” Panel Presentation at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 29 August – 1 September.
2002 Dannagal Goldthwaite "Persuasion Through Late-night Comedy Programs in the 2000 Presidential Election and the Moderating Effects of Political Knowledge" Presentation to the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, FL, 7-10 August.
2002 Vincent Price, Danna Goldthwaite, & Joseph N. Cappella “Online Deliberation, Civic Engagement, and Social Trust” Presentation to the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea, 15-19 July.
2002 Dannagal Goldthwaite, Vincent Price, & Joseph N. Cappella “Civic Engagement, Social Trust, and Online Deliberation” Presentation to the annual conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, St. Pete Beach, FL, 16-19 May.
2002 Vincent Price, Danna Goldthwaite, & Joseph N. Cappella "Deliberation, Civic Engagement, and Social Trust" Presentation to the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 25-18 April.
2001 Vincent Price & Danna Goldthwaite "Deliberation, Civic Engagement, and Social Trust." Paper presented at the Annenberg Syposium on Deliberation, Democracy, and the Internet, Washington, DC 10 November.
2000 Joseph N., Vincent Price, Yariv Tsfati & Danna Goldthwaite "Theory and Research on Deliberation and its Impact" Presentation to the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA, November.
