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An edition of Strange bedfellows (2008)

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?

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Rutgers University Press
Language
English
Pages
254

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Subjects
Television talk shows, History and criticism, Television broadcasting of news, Television comedies, Television comedies -- United States -- History and criticism, Television talk shows -- United States, Television broadcasting of news -- United States, Television broadcasting, united states
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United States

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Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy into a Joke
2008, Rutgers University Press
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Table of 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?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.

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New Brunswick, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.45/6170973
Library of Congress
PN1992.8.C66 P48 2008, PN1992.8.C66P48 2008

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Pagination
vii, 254 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
254

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OL16939336M
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ISBN 13
9780813542843
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2007026812
OCLC/WorldCat
154677472
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4991271
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3070198

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