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Autore: | Peterson Russell Leslie |
Titolo: | Strange bedfellows [[electronic resource] ] : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / / Russell L. Peterson |
Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.45/6170973 |
Soggetto topico: | Television comedies - United States - History and criticism |
Television talk shows - United States | |
Television broadcasting of news - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Losing our religion -- "Showmen is devoid of politics": the roots of pseudo-satire and the rise of the comedy-industrial complex -- Film at 11:00, jokes at 11:30: topical comedy and the news -- The personal and the political -- Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain -- Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith -- For whom the bell dings -- Laughing all the way to the White House -- Irony is dead... long live satire? |
Sommario/riassunto: | A significant number of Americans get some of their "news" about politics and national affairs from comedy shows. Is "infotainment" a debasement, or a replacement, for traditional news outlets? |
Titolo autorizzato: | Strange bedfellows |
ISBN: | 1-281-77652-1 |
9786611776527 | |
0-8135-4476-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453957903321 |
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