American Television During a Television Presidency
Karen McNally, "American Television During a Television Presidency "
English | ISBN: 0814349366 | 2022 | 322 pages | EPUB | 595 KB
English | ISBN: 0814349366 | 2022 | 322 pages | EPUB | 595 KB
In American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television became transfixed by the Trump presidency and the broader political, social, and cultural climate. This book is the first to fully address the relationship between TV and a presidency consistently conducted with television in mind.
The sixteen chapters cover everything from the political theater of televised impeachment hearings to the potent narratives of fictional drama and the stinging critiques of comedy, as they consider the wide-ranging ways in which television engages with the shifting political culture that emerged during this period. Approaching television both historically and in the contemporary moment, the contributorsan international group of scholars from a variety of academic disciplinesilluminate the indelible links that exist between television, American politics, and the nation's broader culture. As it interrogates a presidency played out through the lens of the TV camera and reviews a medium immersing itself in a compelling and inescapable subject,
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