The political content of late night comedy

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 118-133

  Niven, David ^a   Lichter, Robert ^b   Amundson, Daniel ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Late night talk shows; Political jokes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038125548     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X03008003007     Document Type: Review

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