Positions

Professor, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

baumgartnerjo@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Jody Baumgartner

selected publications

article
- "The Empirical Effects of Viewing Right-leaning Political Humor: A Modest First Step"
  . Comedy Studies. 2025
- "A New Age of Political Humor" (short intro article). The Communication Review. 2024
- The Rise and Fall of Political Comedy on Late-Night TV. The Communication Review. 2024
- Critic or Cheerleader? Editorial Cartoons during the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Newspaper Research Journal. 2022
- "Is It Funny if No One is Watching? Public Response to Late Night Political Satire". Comedy Studies. 12. 2021
- Research Note: Negative News and Late-Night Comedy about Presidential Candidates. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research. 605-617. 2019
- "Maybe it is More than a Joke: Satire, Mobilization and Political Participation". Social Science Quarterly. 99:1030-74. 2018
- Under the Radar: Public Support for Vice Presidents. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 2017
- "Does the "Road to the White House Run Through" Letterman? Chris Christie, Letterman, and Attack v. Self-Deprecating Humor.". Journal of Political Marketing. 2015
book
- <span style="font-size:11pt;">Modern Political Caricatures: "I Can See Russia from My House</span>. Palgrave MacMillan. 2025
- Political Marketing and theElection of 2020. Routeledge. 2023
- Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions, 4th edition. Rowman & Littlefield. 2020
- American Political Humor: Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture. ABC-CLIO. 2019
- Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions, 4th Ed.. Rowman & Littlefield. 2019
- Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape: A New Generation of Research. Lexington. 2018
chapter
- <span style="color:#212529;font-size:14.4px;text-align:justify;">Chapter 9: Of Red Waves, Election Deniers, Candidate Quality and Other Issues: Political Cartoons During the 2022 Midterm Elections</span>. Routledge. 2025
- Of Red Waves, Election Deniers, Candidate Quality and Other Issues: Political Cartoons During the 2022 Midterm Elections 2024
- "Conclusion: Looking Ahead to the Future: Why Laughing Will Matter Even More in the Decade to Come". Lexington. 2018
- "Introduction: Still Good for a Laugh? Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape". Lexington. 2018
- "Political Humor and its Effects: A Review Essay". Ediciones Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. 2018
- "The Limits of Attitude Change: Political Humor during the 2016 Campaign". Lexington. 2018
- Political Humor. De Gruyter.

presentations

presentation
- "VPs "Don't Get No Respect": Late Night Television & Vice Presidential Caricatures", Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference

professional service activities

Hostra Symposium on the Vice Presidency Hostra Symposium on the Vice Presidency 2025
MS Reviewer: Atlantic Journal of Communication MS Reviewer: Atlantic Journal of Communication 2025
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2025
North Carolina Political Science Association Annual Conference North Carolina Political Science Association Annual Conference 2025
Podcast Guest: Presidential Historians Podcast Guest: Presidential Historians 2025
External Reviewer External reviewer for the candidacy of Dr. Heesook Choi, in the Department of Communication, Media & Theatre at Mississippi State University, for tenure and promotion to associate professor 2025
MS Referee, "Frontiers" MS Referee, "Frontiers" 2024
Reviewer: Book Proposal "Laughing at Tyrants" (Bloomsbury) Reviewer: Book Proposal "Laughing at Tyrants" (Bloomsbury) 2024
Moderator: "Trump's Executive Orders" Panel Discussion Moderator: "Trump's Executive Orders" Panel Discussion 2024
Frontiers in Political Science MS Review,Frontiers in Political Science 2023
Guest editor, The Communication Review Special issue:"A New Age of Political Humor" 2023
MS Review: Frontiers in Political Science MS Review: Frontiers in Political Science 2023
MS Review: Mass Communication & Society MS Review: Mass Communication & Society 2023
MS Review: Communication Studies MS Review: Communication Studies 2023
MS Review: Applied Linguistics MS Review: Applied Linguistics 2023
Review 'The Future of Media and Democracy' Book Proposal Review 'The Future of Media and Democracy' 2023
History & Memory Reviewer:History & Memory 2022
MS Review: Presidential Studies Quarterly MS Review: Presidential Studies Quarterly 2022
Review of Routeledge Book Proposal ("Modern Political Satire: An Introduction") Review of Routeledge Book Proposal ("Modern Political Satire: An Introduction") 2022
North American Editor, Journal of Political Marketing 2018 - 2021
MS Review, Journalism Studies 2020
MS Review, Mass Communication and Society 2020
Book Proposal Review, SUNY Press 2020
MS Reviewer, Congress & The Presidency 2020
MS Reviewer, Journal of Communication 2020
MS Reviewer, Journal of Internet Technology & Politics 2020
MS Reviewer, Journalism 2020
MS Reviewer, Social Science Journal 2020
International Journal of Press & Politics 2019
Manuscript Referee, Presidential Studies Quarterly 2019
Political Communication 2019
Political Psychology 2019
Mansuscript reviewer 2018 - 2019
HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 2018
Review of Book Proposal Review of "Super Mad at Everything All the Time," Allison Dagnes, for Palgrave MacMillan 2018
Reviewed Book Proposal Reviewed book proposal for University of Kansas Press, Devine and Kopko, "Do Vice Presidential Candidates Matter?" 2018
Social Science Journal 2017 - 2018
Social Science Quarterly 2017
Frontiers 2017
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2017
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 2017
Journal of Excellence in College Teaching 2017
North Carolina Political Science Association Webmaster 2017
PS: Politics and Political Science 2017
Political Behavior 2017
Political Science Quarterly 2017
Social Science Computer Review 2017
Editor, special issue, Social Science Computer Review: "The Internet and the Election of 2016" 2016 - 2017
Mass Communication & Society 2016 - 2017
Politics, Groups, and Identity 2017
"TWEET '16: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE 2016 ELECTION," edited by Christopher J. Galdieri, Jennifer C. Lucas, Tauna Starbuck Sisco Reviewed book proposal, Palgrave MacMillan 2016
Comments Comments, March 20, 2017, New York Magazine 2016
Guest Post, "Public Opinion About The US Vice President: Still Flying Under The Radar" Invited post to Robert Elgie's 'PRESIDENTIAL POWER' blog. ;http://presidential-power.com/?p=6568 2016
Public Opinion Quarterly 2016

awards and honors

Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, conferred by Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences, 2017

preferred title

TH CAS Distinguished Professor

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