Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture

whether It's Television, Radio, Concerts, Live Appearances By Comedians, Internet Websites, Or Even The Political Party Conventions Themselves, The Mixing Of Politics And Popular Culture Is Frequently On Display. The encyclopedia Of Politics, The Media, And Popular Culture Examines The People, Major Events, Media, And Controversies In Eight Thematic Chapters And Over 150 Entries To Provide An Invaluable Resource For Any Student, Scholar, Or Everyday Political Junkie Needing A Comprehensive Introduction To The Subject. on A Typical Weeknight In The United States, Millions Shun The Traditional Evening Network News Broadcasts And, Instead, Later Grab Their Remotes To Turn To Comedy Central To Catch Up On The Political Happenings Of The Day, Delivered By The Comedian Jon Stewart On The Faux News Program, the Daily Show . Immediately Afterwards, They Might Stay Tuned To the Colbert Report For Another Dosage Of Hilarious, Fake News That, To Them, Comes Across More Honestly Than The Serious Version They Could Watch On Cnn. Whether It's Television, Radio, Concerts, Live Appearances By Comedians, Internet Websites, Or Even The Political Party Conventions Themselves, The Mixing Of Politics And Popular Culture Is Frequently On Display. The encyclopedia Of Politics, The Media, And Popular Culture Provides In-depth Coverage Of These Fascinating, And Often Surprising Intersections In Both Historical And Contemporary Culture. this Highly Readable And Entertaining Encyclopedia Provides A Sweeping Survey Of The Historic And Ongoing Interplay Between Politics, The Media, And Popular Culture In Eight Thought-provoking Chapters. The Volume Is Enhanced With The Inclusion Of Over 150 Entries To Help Students And Researchers Easily Locate More In-depth Information On Topics Ranging From Political Scandals To Youtube. library Journal cogan (communication Arts, Molloy Coll.) And Kelso (mass Communications, Iona Coll.) Have Penned An Engaging And Well-researched Book About The Intersection Of Politics, Media, And Popular Culture. Part 1 Is An Overview Of The Different Media And Their Relationship To Politics And Popular Culture, With Ten Thought-provoking Chapters Covering Everything From Political Movies To Politics Online And Providing Readers With Broad And Useful Overviews. Any Words Or Phrases Highlighted In Bold In This Part Of The Book Appear As Actual Entries In The Second Part. Part 2 Is An Extensive List Of 150 Entries On Everything From The Marx Brothers To Twitter And Including People, Events, Online Social Networks, And Television, Radio, Or News Shows. Bottom Line This Volume Fully Succeeds In Providing Students With A Better Understanding Of How Politics Infiltrates Popular Culture. A Solid Addition To Academic Library Collections.—diane Fulkerson, Univ. Of West Georgia, Carrollton pt. 1. Political movies Political documentaries Politics and radio Politics and television entertainment Entertaining news and political news satire Politics and popular music Political campaign advertising Politics online pt. 2. A-Z entries. LIST OF ENTRIES: African American stand-up comedians -- Air America -- Ali, Muhammad -- Alias -- All in the Family -- American Flag, wearing -- America’s town meeting of the air -- Amos and Andy -- Apple Pie (as symbol) -- Ashcroft, John -- Band Aid -- Beck, Glenn -- Beetle Bailey -- Bernays, Edward -- Billy Beer -- The Birth of a Nation -- Black Panthers -- Blogs -- Bob Roberts -- Bond drives -- Bond, James -- Bono (Paul Hewson) -- Boondocks -- Boris and Natasha -- “Born in the USA” -- Brill’s Content -- Bruce, Lenny -- Buckley, William F., Jr. -- Bugs Bunny -- Burns, Ken -- Bush, George H. (Media Portrayals) -- Bush, George W. (Media Portrayals) -- The Candidate -- Capra, Frank -- Carter, Jimmy (Media Portrayals) -- Carville, James -- Cavett, Dick -- CBS Reports -- Chaplin, Charlie -- Chappelle, Dave -- “Checkers Speech” -- Christian Coalition -- Christian environmentalist movement -- Citizen change -- Clinton, Bill (Media Portrayals) -- Clinton, Hillary -- Clinton, Roger -- CNN -- The Colbert Report -- Comic Books -- Commander in Chief -- Coughlin, Father Charles -- Coulter, Ann -- Country music -- Cronkite, Walter -- Daily Kos -- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -- Daisy commercial -- Dave -- Death of a President -- Dixie Chicks -- Dole, Bob -- Doonesbury -- Drudge, Matt -- The Drudge Report -- Duke, David -- Dylan, Bob -- Eastwood, Clint -- “Eisenhower Answers America” -- Eisner, Will -- Face the Nation -- Facebook -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- Fireside Chats -- Firing Line -- The First Family and The First Family Rides Again (Two Volumes) -- Flynt, Larry -- Focus on the family -- Fonda, Jane -- Ford, Gerald (Media Portrayals) -- Fox News -- Franken, Al -- Free form radio -- Furlough commercial -- George -- Get Smart -- The Goldwaters -- Gore, Al -- Graham, Billy -- Greenwald, Robert -- Guthrie, Woody -- Hannity, Sean -- Harvest of shame -- Hearst, Patty -- Hill, Joe (Joseph Hillstom, Hjoe Hagglund) -- Hip-hop summit -- Action Network -- Hope, Bob -- Huffington Post -- Imus, Don -- An inconvenient Truth -- “In Der Furher’s Face” -- Iran hostage crisis -- Iraq Movies (Fiction) -- I Spy -- Johnson, Lyndon Baines (Media Portrayals) -- Kennedy, John F. (Media Portrayals) -- Kennedy, John F., Jr. -- Kennedy-Nixon debates -- Kent State University shootings -- Kissing babies (as symbol) -- Kos (Markos Moulitsas Züniga) -- Left Behind -- Lehrer, Tom -- Lennon, John -- Liddy, C. Gordon -- Lii’ Abner -- Limbaugh, Rush -- Little Orphan Annie -- Live Aid -- Long, Huey -- Lorentz, Pare -- MacArthur, General Douglas -- Macintosh -- “1984” commercial -- “Made in America” -- Maher, Bill -- Mallard Fillmore -- The Manchurian Candidate -- The March of Time -- Marx Brothers -- M.A.S.H. -- Matthews, Chris -- Maude -- McCain, John -- McCarthy, Senator Joseph -- McGreevey, Jim -- Meet John Doe -- Meet the Press -- Minutemen (Band) -- Minutemen (U.S. Southern Border Guards) -- Moore, Michael -- Moral Majority -- “Morning in America” -- Morris, Errol -- “Mosh” -- MoveOn.org -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- MSNBC -- Murrow, Edward R. -- MySpace -- NASCAR -- National Lampoon -- National Public Radio -- National Review -- Network -- News parodies -- 9/11 conspiracy documentaries -- 9/11 films -- 9/11, sports after -- 9/11, television advertising after -- 1968 Olympics and black power salute -- Nixon farewell speech -- Nixon, Richard (Media Portrayals) -- North, Oliver -- Obama, Barack (Media Portrayals) -- “Obama Girl” -- Ochs, Phil -- Office of War Information -- Olbermann, Keith -- One, Two, Three -- The Onion -- O’Reilly, Bill -- Paar, Jack -- Pacifica and community radio -- Paulsen, Pat -- PBS (Public Broadcasting System) -- The People’s Choice -- Pink Ribbons (as symbol) -- Pirate Radio -- Pogo -- Political blogs -- Political cartoons -- Political conventions -- Political memorabilia and merchandise -- Political novels -- Political scandals -- Political slogans -- Political Theater -- Powell, Cohn -- Press conferences -- Primary -- Primary Colors -- Private Snafu -- Rage Against the Machine -- Reagan, Ronald (Media Portrayals) -- “Revolving Door” -- Rock, Chris -- Rock the Vote -- Ronnie’s Rap/Rapping Ronnie -- Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In -- Salon -- Saturday Night Live -- Schlessinger, Laura (Dr. Laura) -- Schwarzenegger, Arnold -- Schwarzkopf, General Norman -- See It Now -- The Selling of the President -- The 700 Club -- The Simpsons -- 60 Minutes -- Slate -- Smothers Brothers -- Spin City -- Spitzer, Eliot -- Spurlock, Morgan -- Stand-up comedy and politics -- Stern, Howard -- Stone, Oliver -- “Sun City” (Song) -- Sunday morning political shows -- Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- Syriana -- Team America -- Televised wars -- “Thatchergate Tapes” -- That’s My Bush -- That Was the Week That Was --This Week with George StephanopoJos -- Thompson, Fred -- 24 -- Twitter -- Ventura, Jesse -- Vietman war movies (fiction) -- “Vote or die” -- Wallace, George -- Walters, Barbara -- War of the worlds radio broadcast -- The war room -- Watergate scandal -- “We are the world” -- Weather Underground -- The Weavers -- “Weekend Update” -- The West Wing -- Why we fight -- Wobblies -- World War propaganda -- Youtube. Whether it's television, radio, concerts, live appearances by comedians, Internet websites, or even the political party conventions themselves, the mixing of politics and popular culture is frequently on display. The Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture examines the people, major events, media, and controversies in eight thematic chapters and over 150 entries to provide an invaluable resource for any student, scholar, or everyday political junkie needing a comprehensive introduction to the subject. On a typical weeknight in the United States, millions shun the traditional evening network news broadcasts and, instead, later grab their remotes to turn to Comedy Central to catch up on the political happenings of the day, delivered by the comedian Jon Stewart on the faux news program, The Daily Show . Immediately afterwards, they might stay tuned to The Colbert Report for another dosage of hilarious, fake news that, to them, comes across more honestly than the serious version they could watch on CNN. Whether it's television, radio, concerts, live appearances by comedians, Internet websites, or even the political party conventions themselves, the mixing of politics and popular culture is frequently on display. The Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture provides in-depth coverage of these fascinating, and often surprising intersections in both historical and contemporary culture. This highly readable and entertaining encyclopedia provides a sweeping survey of the historic and ongoing interplay between politics, the media, and popular culture in eight thought-provoking chapters. The volume is enhanced with the inclusion of over 150 entries to help students and researchers easily locate more in-depth information on topics ranging from political scandals to YouTube. Contents 6 List of Entries for Part II 8 Introduction 12 Part I 14 Chapter 1 Political Movies 16 Chapter 2 Political Documentaries 30 Chapter 3 Politics and Radio 53 Chapter 4 Politics and Television Entertainment 85 Chapter 5 Entertaining News and Political News Satire 125 Chapter 6 Politics and Popular Music 137 Chapter 7 Political Campaign Advertising 147 Chapter 8 Politics Online 190 Part II 208 A 210 B 215 C 226 D 243 E 252 F 254 G 262 H 267 I 271 J 275 K 276 L 279 M 285 N 299 O 306 P 311 R 327 S 334 T 349 V 354 W 357 Y 368 Selected Bibliography 370 Index 380 About the Authors 414 0313343799,9780313343797,0313343802,9780313343803