All talk : the talkshow in media culture / Wayne Munson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munson, Wayne, 1951-

Series:

Culture and the moving image.

Culture and the moving image

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television talk shows.

Radio talk shows.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wayne Munson examines the talkshow as a cultural form whose curious productivity has become vital to America's image economy. As the very name suggests, the talkshow is both interpersonal exchange and mediated spectacle. Its range of topics defies classification: from the sensational and bizarre, to the conventional and the advisory, to politics and world affairs. Munson grapples with the sense and nonsense of the talkshow, particularly its audience participation and its construction of knowledge.This hybrid genre includes the news/talk ""magazine,"" celebrity chat, sports talk, psyc

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sense of the Talkshow; 1. Turning to Talk: The Talkshow's Development; 2. Constellations of Voices: How Talkshows Work; 3. Making Sense and Nonsense: Talk about the Talkshow; Postscript: A New Sense of Place; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612701108

9781282701106

128270110X

9781439904282

1439904286

OCLC:

648759565

Publisher Number:

heb40312 hdl