Satiric TV in the Americas : Critical Metatainment as Negotiated Dissent, Har...

by Paul Alonso

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Satiric TV in the Americas : Critical Metatainment as Negotiated Dissent, Hardcover by Alonso, Paul, ISBN 0190636505, ISBN-13 9780190636500, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "In a time of global infotainment, the crisis of modern journalism, the omnipresence of celebrity culture and reality TV, and the colonization of public discourse by media spectacle and entertainment, postmodern satiric media have emerged as prominent critical voices playing an unprecedented role at the heart of public debate. Indeed, satiric media has filled gaps left not only by traditional media but also by weak social institutions and discredited political elites. In Satiric TV in the Americas, Paul Alonso analyzes the most influential satiric TV shows in the Americas--focusing on shows in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and the United States--in order to understand their critical role in challenging the status quo, traditional journalism, and the prevalent local media culture. Alonso illuminates the phenomenon of satire as resistance and negotiation in public discourse, the role of entertainment media as a site where socio-political tensions are played out, and the changing notions of journalism in today's democratic societies. Introducing the notion of "critical metatainment" -- a transgressive, self-referential reaction to the process of tabloidization and the cult of celebrity in the media spectacle era -- Satiric TV in the Americas is the first book to map, contextualize, and

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780190636500
• Condition: Good

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