Television and politics today. The changing face of politics on television -- Rethinking television's relationship to civic engagement -- Entertaining political talk. From insiders to outsiders : the transformation of political talk on television -- New political television : questioning news media's regime of truth -- The competing senses of political insiders and outsiders -- Changing the conversation : The Daily Show's interviews and interrogations -- Faking it (for real) in news and talk. Muckraking through fake newsmagazines : Michael Moore's satire TV -- Fake news vs. real news : the case of the Daily Show and CNN -- Faux real and faux play : the parody of punditry in the Colbert Report -- Audiences/fans/citizens. Viewer engagement beyond information acquisition : celebrity, talk, and play -- The expanding and contested boundaries of new political television -- Appendix: Methodology for audience research.
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