A History of Television News Parody in America: Nothing but the Truthiness
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| Management number | 201807749 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $51.57 | Model Number | 201807749 | ||
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Curt Hersey's book explores the history of U.S. media, highlighting how news parody has entertained audiences by satirizing political and social issues. Despite shifts away from broadcast and cable delivery, comedians like Samantha Bee, Michael Che, and John Oliver continue this tradition. The book critically engages with the norms and presentational styles of television journalism at the time of their production, and news parody has increasingly become part of the larger journalistic field. Case studies include Saturday Night Lives "Weekend Update," HBO's Not Necessarily the News, Comedy Central's original Daily Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report, and HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Format: Hardback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Curt Hersey's book delves into the history of U.S. media, highlighting how news parody has entertained television audiences by satirizing political and social issues in a lighthearted manner. Despite the shift away from broadcast and cable delivery, comedians like Samantha Bee, Michael Che, and John Oliver have continued this tradition of delivering topical humor within a newscast format. Hersey critically engages with the norms and presentational styles of television journalism at the time of their production. News parody has become an integral part of the larger journalistic field, with viewers often turning to this parodic programming as a supplement and corrective to mainstream news sources. The book analyzes the history of news parody decade by decade, focusing on presidential and political coverage, as well as the genres' critiques of television network and cable journalism. Case studies include Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update," HBO's Not Necessarily the News, Comedy Central's original Daily Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report, and HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Scholars of media history, political communication, and popular culture will find this book particularly useful.
Weight: 586g
Dimension: 159 x 238 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793637789
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