Strange bedfellows

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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Glavni autor: Peterson, Russell Leslie (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, cop. 2008.
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245 1 0 |a Strange bedfellows :  |b how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke /  |c Russell L. Peterson. 
260 |a New Brunswick, N.J. :  |b Rutgers University Press,  |c cop. 2008. 
300 |a vii, 254 str., [8] tabli :  |b ilustr. ;  |c 25 cm 
504 |a Bibliografija: str. 211-243. 
504 |a Kazalo 
505 0 |a 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? 
520 |a 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? 
650 0 |a Television comedies  |z United States  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Television talk shows  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Television broadcasting of news  |z United States. 
653 |a TV komedije 
653 |a Sjedinjene Američke Države 
653 |a Televizija -- emitiranje vijesti 
653 |a sociologija medija 
653 |a talk show 
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