The ultimate Daily Show and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : more moments of Zen, more indecision theory
| The ultimate Daily Show and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : more moments of Zen, more indecision theory |
| Autore | Holt Jason |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | IrwinWilliam |
| Collana | The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico | Television comedies - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-118-39770-3
1-118-61738-X 1-118-61741-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More Moments : of Zen, More : Indecision Theory; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell's World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden; Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News; 1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias; Amusing Ourselves to Death; The Huxleyan Warning; Postman and Television News; The Daily Show and Television News; Conversation and Crossfire; Business News, CNBC, and Jim Cramer; Fox News Sunday and TV's Entertainment Bias
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear A Huxleyan Moment of Zen?; Notes; 2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source; Is The Daily Show Fiction?; Hilarious Make-'Em-Ups; Sheer Outrageousness and Surprising Truth; The Role of "Senior" Correspondents; Playing Dumb; The Daily Show, Our Government, and Other News Outlets; The Daily Show v. The Onion; Fake News, Real Messages; Notes; 3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate; All the Fake News Fit to Print; The Voice of the People; The Fifth Estate as a State of Mind; Notes 4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon The Politics of Laughter; The Dark Side of Mockery; Mockery, Censorship, and the Free Spread of Ideas; The Place of Mockery in Politics; Notes; 5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News; Baudrillard's World; The Walking Talking Hyperreal; Organize a Fake News Broadcast; The "Best F#@king News Team Ever"; The Larger Argument; Notes; Segment 2 Live Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort of; 6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual; Why Americans Hate Intellectuals You Know It's Hard out Here for a Public Intellectual Stewart's Ironic Blah, Blah, Blah; "Help Us Hebrew One! You're Our Only Hope!"; Notes; 7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power; Here Come the Sophists!; To Scoff at the Sophist in Office; Men with a Mission; A Method to Their Madness; The Audience: Questioning Youths or Stoned Slackers?; The Irony of It All; "Monkey" Idol or Thoughtful Partisan Satirist?; Notes; 8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101; Rebel with a Cause; Humor Leads to Truth; A Healthy Dose of Cynicism; Notes; 9 "Jews! Camera 3": How Jon Stewart Echoes Martin Buber Really? You're Jewish?Team Buber; Passover v. Easter; Earth (The Book)-Mocking the Sacred; The New Jersey Connection; Notes; Segment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking; 10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-Ization of Media ; The Essence of Bullshit and the Truth about Lies; Liars, Liars, Pants on Fire; More Bullshit, Piled Higher and Deeper; A New Spin on an Old Art; Was Frankfurt BS-ing about Spin?; PR-ization of the Media; Spin Alley; Truth Matters; Notes; 11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said; Satire: A Tradition of Cultural Criticism Operating at the Border |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139037603321 |
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ultimate Daily Show and philosophy : more moments of Zen, more indecision theory
| The ultimate Daily Show and philosophy : more moments of Zen, more indecision theory |
| Autore | Holt Jason |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | IrwinWilliam |
| Collana | The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico | Television comedies - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
9781118397701
1118397703 9781118617380 111861738X 9781118617410 111861741X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More Moments : of Zen, More : Indecision Theory; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Wiley-Blackwell's World Philosophy Headquarters in Malden; Segment 1 Headlines: Faux News Is Good News; 1 Rallying Against the Conflictinator: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and Entertainment Bias; Amusing Ourselves to Death; The Huxleyan Warning; Postman and Television News; The Daily Show and Television News; Conversation and Crossfire; Business News, CNBC, and Jim Cramer; Fox News Sunday and TV's Entertainment Bias
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear A Huxleyan Moment of Zen?; Notes; 2 The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source; Is The Daily Show Fiction?; Hilarious Make-'Em-Ups; Sheer Outrageousness and Surprising Truth; The Role of "Senior" Correspondents; Playing Dumb; The Daily Show, Our Government, and Other News Outlets; The Daily Show v. The Onion; Fake News, Real Messages; Notes; 3 The Daily Show: An Ethos for the Fifth Estate; All the Fake News Fit to Print; The Voice of the People; The Fifth Estate as a State of Mind; Notes 4 Seriously Funny: Mockery as a Political Weapon The Politics of Laughter; The Dark Side of Mockery; Mockery, Censorship, and the Free Spread of Ideas; The Place of Mockery in Politics; Notes; 5 Keeping It (Hyper) Real: Anchoring in the Age of Fake News; Baudrillard's World; The Walking Talking Hyperreal; Organize a Fake News Broadcast; The "Best F#@king News Team Ever"; The Larger Argument; Notes; Segment 2 Live Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort of; 6 Jon Stewart: The New and Improved Public Intellectual; Why Americans Hate Intellectuals You Know It's Hard out Here for a Public Intellectual Stewart's Ironic Blah, Blah, Blah; "Help Us Hebrew One! You're Our Only Hope!"; Notes; 7 Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power; Here Come the Sophists!; To Scoff at the Sophist in Office; Men with a Mission; A Method to Their Madness; The Audience: Questioning Youths or Stoned Slackers?; The Irony of It All; "Monkey" Idol or Thoughtful Partisan Satirist?; Notes; 8 Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101; Rebel with a Cause; Humor Leads to Truth; A Healthy Dose of Cynicism; Notes; 9 "Jews! Camera 3": How Jon Stewart Echoes Martin Buber Really? You're Jewish?Team Buber; Passover v. Easter; Earth (The Book)-Mocking the Sacred; The New Jersey Connection; Notes; Segment 3 Field Report: Politics and Critical Thinking; 10 More Bullshit: Political Spin and the PR-Ization of Media ; The Essence of Bullshit and the Truth about Lies; Liars, Liars, Pants on Fire; More Bullshit, Piled Higher and Deeper; A New Spin on an Old Art; Was Frankfurt BS-ing about Spin?; PR-ization of the Media; Spin Alley; Truth Matters; Notes; 11 The Senior Black Correspondent: Saying What Needs to Be Said; Satire: A Tradition of Cultural Criticism Operating at the Border |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819907603321 |
Holt Jason
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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