Unburdened by Objectivity: Political Entertainment News in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

This study analyzes 2008 presidential election coverage on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report to determine how they confront the tension between the genres of news and entertainment. To this point, much of the scholarly work on political entertainment news has focused on examinin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeLauder, Rachel Cathleen
Other Authors: Communication Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32827
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152010-093130/