Strange bedfellows : how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813544762 0813544769 |