Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke /

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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?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Russell Leslie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Television comedies > United States > History and criticism.
Television talk shows > United States.
Television broadcasting of news > United States.
Comédies télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Talk-shows > États-Unis.
Téléjournaux > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Television broadcasting of news
Television comedies
Television talk shows
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?

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