All Talk: The Talkshow in Media Culture

by Wayne Munson

Book Overview

Wayne Munson examines the talkshow as a cultural form whose curious productivity has become vital to America's image economy. As the very name suggests, the talkshow is both interpersonal exchange and mediated spectacle. Its range of topics defies classification: from the sensational and bizarre, to the conventional and the advisory, to politics and world affairs. Munson grapples with the sense and nonsense of the talkshow, particularly its audience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877229953
• ISBN13: 9780877229957
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"