Representation and the politics of play: Stephen Colbert's Better Know a District

Political Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-376

  Baym, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Better Know a District; Discursive integration; Infotainment; Media coverage of congress; Representation; Stephen Colbert

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949011196     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600701641441     Document Type: Article

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