ISBN:
9780742565296
,
0742565297
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 313 pages)
,
illustrations.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Series Statement:
Communication, media, and politics
Uniform Title:
Entertaining politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.20973
Keywords:
Television in politics United States
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Television and politics United States
;
Television talk shows United States
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Political satire, American
;
Television and politics
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Television talk shows
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Television in politics
;
Television and politics United States
;
Television in politics United States
;
Television talk shows United States
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Social Science
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Business United States
;
USA
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Political satire, American
;
Television and politics
;
Television in politics
;
Television talk shows
;
Fernsehsendung
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Unterhaltungssendung
;
Politische Kommunikation
;
Volkskultur
;
Fernsehen
;
Politik
;
Massenmedien
;
United States
;
USA
;
USA
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this completely revised and updated edition (including eight new chapters), Jeffrey Jones charts the evolution and maturation of political entertainment television by examining The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Politically Incorrect/Real Time with Bill Maher, and Michael Moore's TV Nation and The Awful Truth. This volume investigates how and why these shows have been central locations for the critique of political and economic power and an important resource for citizens during numerous political crises. In an age of Truthiness, fake news and humorous political talk have
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-292) and index. - Print version record
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