Encyclopedia of politics, the media, and popular culture
By: Brian Cogan and Tony Kelso.
Contributors: Kelso, Tony.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313343797; 9780313343803
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; Communication in politics -- United States; Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Political movies; title: Political documentaries; title: Politics and radio; title: Politics and television entertainment; title: Entertaining news and political news satire; title: Politics and popular music; title: Political campaign advertising; title: Politics online; title: pt. 2. A-Z entries.; title: LIST OF ENTRIES:; title: African American stand-up comedians  -- Air America  -- Ali, Muhammad -- Alias -- All in the Family -- American Flag, wearing -- America’s town meeting of the air -- Amos and Andy -- Apple Pie (as symbol) -- Ashcroft, John -- Band Aid -- Beck, Glenn -- Beetle Bailey -- Bernays, Edward -- Billy Beer -- The Birth of a Nation -- Black Panthers -- Blogs -- Bob Roberts -- Bond drives -- Bond, James -- Bono (Paul Hewson) -- Boondocks -- Boris and Natasha -- “Born in the USA” -- Brill’s Content -- Bruce, Lenny -- Buckley, William F., Jr. -- Bugs Bunny -- Burns, Ken -- Bush, George H. (Media Portrayals) -- Bush, George W. (Media Portrayals) -- The Candidate -- Capra, Frank -- Carter, Jimmy (Media Portrayals) -- Carville, James -- Cavett, Dick -- CBS Reports -- Chaplin, Charlie -- Chappelle, Dave -- “Checkers Speech” -- Christian Coalition -- Christian environmentalist movement -- Citizen change -- Clinton, Bill (Media Portrayals) -- Clinton, Hillary -- Clinton, Roger -- CNN -- The Colbert Report -- Comic Books -- Commander in Chief -- Coughlin, Father Charles -- Coulter, Ann -- Country music -- Cronkite, Walter -- Daily Kos -- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -- Daisy commercial -- Dave -- Death of a President -- Dixie Chicks -- Dole, Bob -- Doonesbury -- Drudge, Matt -- The Drudge Report -- Duke, David -- Dylan, Bob -- Eastwood, Clint -- “Eisenhower Answers America” -- Eisner, Will -- Face the Nation -- Facebook -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- Fireside Chats -- Firing Line -- The First Family and The First Family Rides Again (Two Volumes) -- Flynt, Larry -- Focus on the family -- Fonda, Jane -- Ford, Gerald (Media Portrayals) -- Fox News -- Franken, Al -- Free form radio -- Furlough commercial -- George -- Get Smart -- The Goldwaters -- Gore, Al -- Graham, Billy -- Greenwald, Robert -- Guthrie, Woody -- Hannity, Sean -- Harvest of shame -- Hearst, Patty -- Hill, Joe (Joseph Hillstom, Hjoe Hagglund) -- Hip-hop summit -- Action Network -- Hope, Bob -- Huffington Post -- Imus, Don -- An inconvenient Truth -- “In Der Furher’s Face” -- Iran hostage crisis -- Iraq Movies (Fiction) -- I Spy -- Johnson, Lyndon Baines (Media Portrayals) -- Kennedy, John F. (Media Portrayals) -- Kennedy, John F., Jr. -- Kennedy-Nixon debates -- Kent State University shootings -- Kissing babies (as symbol) -- Kos (Markos Moulitsas Züniga) -- Left Behind -- Lehrer, Tom -- Lennon, John -- Liddy, C. Gordon -- Lii’ Abner -- Limbaugh, Rush -- Little Orphan Annie -- Live Aid -- Long, Huey -- Lorentz, Pare -- MacArthur, General Douglas -- Macintosh -- “1984” commercial -- “Made in America” -- Maher, Bill -- Mallard Fillmore -- The Manchurian Candidate -- The March of Time -- Marx Brothers -- M.A.S.H. -- Matthews, Chris -- Maude -- McCain, John -- McCarthy, Senator Joseph -- McGreevey, Jim -- Meet John Doe -- Meet the Press -- Minutemen (Band) -- Minutemen (U.S. Southern Border Guards) -- Moore, Michael -- Moral Majority -- “Morning in America” -- Morris, Errol -- “Mosh” -- MoveOn.org -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- MSNBC -- Murrow, Edward R. -- MySpace -- NASCAR -- National Lampoon -- National Public Radio -- National Review -- Network -- News parodies -- 9/11 conspiracy documentaries -- 9/11 films -- 9/11, sports after -- 9/11, television advertising after -- 1968 Olympics and black power salute -- Nixon farewell speech -- Nixon, Richard (Media Portrayals) -- North, Oliver -- Obama, Barack (Media Portrayals) -- “Obama Girl” -- Ochs, Phil -- Office of War Information -- Olbermann, Keith -- One, Two, Three -- The Onion -- O’Reilly, Bill -- Paar, Jack -- Pacifica and community radio -- Paulsen, Pat -- PBS (Public Broadcasting System) -- The People’s Choice -- Pink Ribbons (as symbol) -- Pirate Radio -- Pogo -- Political blogs -- Political cartoons -- Political conventions -- Political memorabilia and merchandise -- Political novels -- Political scandals -- Political slogans -- Political Theater -- Powell, Cohn -- Press conferences -- Primary -- Primary Colors -- Private Snafu -- Rage Against the Machine -- Reagan, Ronald (Media Portrayals) -- “Revolving Door” -- Rock, Chris -- Rock the Vote -- Ronnie’s Rap/Rapping Ronnie -- Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In -- Salon -- Saturday Night Live -- Schlessinger, Laura (Dr. Laura) -- Schwarzenegger, Arnold -- Schwarzkopf, General Norman -- See It Now -- The Selling of the President -- The 700 Club -- The Simpsons -- 60 Minutes -- Slate -- Smothers Brothers -- Spin City -- Spitzer, Eliot -- Spurlock, Morgan -- Stand-up comedy and politics -- Stern, Howard -- Stone, Oliver -- “Sun City” (Song) -- Sunday morning political shows -- Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- Syriana -- Team America -- Televised wars -- “Thatchergate Tapes” -- That’s My Bush -- That Was the Week That Was --This Week with George StephanopoJos -- Thompson, Fred -- 24 -- Twitter -- Ventura, Jesse -- Vietman war movies (fiction) -- “Vote or die” -- Wallace, George -- Walters, Barbara -- War of the worlds radio broadcast -- The war room -- Watergate scandal -- “We are the world” -- Weather Underground -- The Weavers -- “Weekend Update” -- The West Wing -- Why we fight -- Wobblies -- World War propaganda -- Youtube.