| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index. |
| Summary |
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? |
| Contents |
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? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television comedies -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Television comedies. |
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United States. |
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Television talk shows -- United States.
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Television talk shows. |
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Television broadcasting of news -- United States.
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Television broadcasting of news. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peterson, Russell Leslie. Strange bedfellows. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 9780813542843 0813542847 (DLC) 2007026812 (OCoLC)154677472 |
| ISBN |
9780813544762 (electronic book) |
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0813544769 (electronic book) |
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9780813542843 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813542847 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611776527 |
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