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Using extensive interviews with talk show production staff and former guests, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as a frequent studio audience member, Joshua Gamson brings to life the wild, paradoxical process through which stigmatized individuals become stars of tabloid television.
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Homosexuality on television, Sex on television, Social aspects, Social aspects of Talk shows, Talk shows, Talk shows -- United States, Talk shows -- Social aspects -- United States, Television talk shows, Mass media, social aspects, Popular culture, united states, Radio talk showsPlaces
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Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity
May 15, 1999, University Of Chicago Press
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in English
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0226280659 9780226280653
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Freaks talk back: tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity
1998, University of Chicago Press
in English
0226280640 9780226280646
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"Let's begin here: talk shows are bad for you, so bad you could catch a cold."
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Let's begin here: talk shows are bad for you, so bad you could catch a cold.
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