title: Категория комического в репрезентации образа политического врага (на примере политического анекдота)
abstract: New information spread by the official mass media about new Ukrainian authorities contributes to the formation of the image of an enemy in the minds of people. The article discusses the role of political anecdotes, as a category of comic, in the spread of this image. The image of an enemy is used mainly in political electoral campaigns, but in some cases the myth of an enemy can promote the support and trust to the current government. The image of an enemy is an invariable component of the spiri