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Politicotainment : television's take on the real / edited by Kristina Riegert.

Title
Politicotainment : television's take on the real / edited by Kristina Riegert.
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, c2007.

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Additional Authors
Riegert, Kristina
Description
vi, 296 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Popular culture, everyday life, 1529-2428 ; v. 13
Uniform Title
Popular culture & everyday life ; v. 13.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Kristina Riegert -- "Reality" and the plebiscite / John Hartley -- The politics of cultural production: the journalistic field, television, and politics / Göran bolin -- Faking democracy: reality television politics on American candidate / Mark Andrejevic -- Vote for me: playing at politics / Valentina Cardo and John Street -- "Fake" news versus "real" news as sources of political information: The daily show and postmodern political reality / Jeffrey P. Jones -- Brazilian telenovelas, fictionalized politics, and the merchandising of social issues / Thaïs Machado-Borges -- Traversing authenticities: The West Wing president and the activist Sheen / Sue Collins -- The ideology of The West Wing: the television show that wants to be real / Kristina Riegert -- The Reagans: fiction, history, or propaganda? / Rune Ottosen -- Storytelling for a nation: Spielberg, memory, and the narration of war / Rikke Schubart.
ISBN
  • 0820481149 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780820481142 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006022467
OCLC
  • 70292042
  • SCSB-11353762
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library