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Using extensive interviews with talk show production staff and former guests, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as a frequent studio audience member, Joshua Gamson brings to life the wild, paradoxical process through which stigmatized individuals become stars of tabloid television.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1999University Of Chicago Press · 304 pages · 9780226280653
- Other · English · 1998University of Chicago Press · 288 pages · 9780226280646
Homosexuality on televisionSex on televisionSocial aspectsSocial aspects of Talk showsTalk showsTalk shows -- United StatesTelevision talk showsMass media, social aspects