A citizen’s guides to democracy inaction: Jon stewart and stephen colbert’s comic rhetorical criticism

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-140

  Waisanen, Don J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85007823547     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417940802428212     Document Type: Article

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