Laughter and liability: The politics of British and Dutch television satire

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 652-665

  Coleman, Stephen ^a   Kuik, Anke ^b   van Zoonen, Liesbet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance; Political communication; Rhetoric; Satire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; TELEVISION;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77249165531     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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