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A Disturbance in the Force
This never-before-told story gives a fascinating look at a strange moment in pop-culture history that remains an object of fascination even today.
ISBN-13: 9781493075270 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: APPLAUSE
Steve Kozak
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AUD $51.99
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Local release date: 01/02/2024
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Categories: Television [APT]

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A History of Television News Parody in America
Nothing But the Truthiness
In this book, Curt Hersey explores the history of U.S. media, demonstrating how news parody has entertained television audiences by satirizing political and social issues and offering a lighthearted take on broadcast news. Despite shifts away from broadcast and cable delivery, comedians like Samantha Bee, Michael Che, and John Oliver continue this ......
ISBN-13: 9781793637802 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Curt Hersey
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AUD $67.99
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Local release date: 22/02/2024
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Categories: Film, TV & radio [AP]Television [APT]Performing arts: comedy [ASZB]Popular culture [JFCA]Parodies & spoofs [WHP]

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A History of Television News Parody in America
Nothing but the Truthiness
This book provides the first history of the television news parody genre, analyzing how these shows have functioned as critiques of television news, politics, culture, and American society, while entertaining and informing audiences. Each chapter features a case study and discussion of the genre during a particular decade.
ISBN-13: 9781793637789 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Curt Hersey
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AUD $186.00
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Local release date: 01/08/2022
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Categories: Television [APT]Popular culture [JFCA]Parodies & spoofs [WHP]

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Afro-Brazilians in Telenovelas
Social, Political, and Economic Realities
In Afro-Brazilians in Telenovelas: Social, Political, and Economic Realities, Samantha Nogueira Joyce examines representations of Blackness on Brazilian TV, interrogating the role of mass media in developing racial equality and social change. Nogueira Joyce challenges assumptions that place the inclusion of Afro-Brazilians in mass media as a step ......
ISBN-13: 9781793644251 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Samantha Nogueira Joyce
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AUD $68.99
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Local release date: 10/04/2024
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Categories: Television [APT]Media studies [JFD]Ethnic studies [JFSL]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Caribbean islands [1KJ]Latin America [1KL]

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Apocalypse Television
How The Day After Helped End the Cold War
Before The Day After features a dramatic insider's account of the making of and backlash against The Day After.
ISBN-13: 9781493079179 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: APPLAUSE
David Craig, Bob Iger
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AUD $65.99
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Local release date: 15/02/2024
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Categories: Television [APT]

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Backstage at the Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show, with its big-name stars--such as Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, and John Wayne--glitzy production number, and often risque skits, for nine years owned Thursday nights at ten o'clock on television. But nothing about the show was as big a draw as its inimitable host, the breezy, roguishly handsome Dean Martin. Now ......
ISBN-13: 9781493072866 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LYONS PRESS
Lee Hale, Richard D Neely
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Local release date: 01/12/2024
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Categories: Television [APT]

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Black Television Travels
African American Media around the Globe
Explores the globalization of African American television and the way in which foreign markets, programming strategies, and viewer preferences have influenced portrayals of African Americans on the small screen.
ISBN-13: 9780814737200 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Timothy Havens
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AUD $184.00
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Local release date: 01/05/2013
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Categories: Television [APT]Media studies [JFD]Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]USA [1KBB]

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Black Television Travels
African American Media around the Globe
Explores the globalization of African American television and the way in which foreign markets, programming strategies, and viewer preferences have influenced portrayals of African Americans on the small screen.
ISBN-13: 9780814737217 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Timothy Havens
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AUD $60.99
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Local release date: 01/05/2013
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Categories: Television [APT]Media studies [JFD]Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]USA [1KBB]

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Blockbuster TV
Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era
In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - All in the Family, The Beverley Hillbillies, Laverne and Shirley and The Cosby Show. This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences.
ISBN-13: 9780814797570 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Janet Staiger
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AUD $64.99
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Local release date: 30/09/2000
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Categories: Television [APT]Cultural studies [JFC]USA [1KBB]