The Frenzy of the Audible: Pleasure, Authenticity, and Recorded Laughter

Television & New Media

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-47

  Smith, Jacob ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

broadcasting; performance; the body

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997858945     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476404268114     Document Type: Article

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