Strange bedfellows [electronic resource] : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / Russell L. Peterson.
By: Peterson, Russell Leslie
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008Description: vii, 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Television comedies -- United States -- History and criticism | Television talk shows -- United States | Television broadcasting of news -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 791.45/6170973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.
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?
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?
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