Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / / Russell L. Peterson
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| Autore: |
Peterson Russell Leslie
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| Titolo: |
Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / / Russell L. Peterson
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| Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910810685903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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