| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Communication, media, and politics
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Communication, media, and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; PART I. TELEVISION AND POLITICS TODAY; Chapter 1. The Changing Face of Politics on Television; Chapter 2. Rethinking Television's Relationship to Civic Engagement; PART II. ENTERTAINING POLITICAL TALK; Chapter 3. From Insiders to Outsiders: The Transformation of Political Talk on Television; Chapter 4. New Political Television: Questioning News Media's Regime of Truth; Chapter 5. The Competing Senses of Political Insiders and Outsiders; Chapter 6. Changing the Conversation: The Daily Show's Interviews and Interrogations. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television in politics -- United States.
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Television in politics. |
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United States. |
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Television and politics -- United States.
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Television and politics. |
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Television talk shows -- United States.
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Television talk shows. |
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Political satire, American.
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Political satire, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Entertaining politics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786612479458 |
| ISBN |
9780742565296 (electronic book) |
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0742565297 (electronic book) |
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9780742565272 |
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0742565270 |
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9780742565289 |
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0742565289 |
| Standard No. |
9786612479458 |
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