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Politics is a joke! : how TV comedians are remaking political life / S. Robert Lichter, Jody C. Baumgartner, Jonathan S. Morris ; with the assistance of Daniel Amundson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2015Description: xvi, 253 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813347172 (pbk.)
  • 0813347173 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.9302/07
LOC classification:
  • PN 1992.6 L699p 2015
Contents:
Introduction: politics is a funny business -- The rise of late night comedy -- A funny thing happened on the way to the White House -- Politicians behaving badly -- What's so funny? -- Laughing matters? -- If you can't beat them, join them -- Political humor: prospect and retrospect.
Summary: Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? The authors examine the historical context of political humor and demonstrate how the public turn to this venue for political information, and are in turn affected by it. They conduct an analysis of political jokes on late night TV shows dating back to 1992 in order to pinpoint the main targets and themes of late-night comedy.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1992.6 L699p 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174187

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.

Introduction: politics is a funny business -- The rise of late night comedy -- A funny thing happened on the way to the White House -- Politicians behaving badly -- What's so funny? -- Laughing matters? -- If you can't beat them, join them -- Political humor: prospect and retrospect.

Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? The authors examine the historical context of political humor and demonstrate how the public turn to this venue for political information, and are in turn affected by it. They conduct an analysis of political jokes on late night TV shows dating back to 1992 in order to pinpoint the main targets and themes of late-night comedy.

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