Title: Freaks talk back
First published: 1998
Description: 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.
Subjects: Homosexuality on television, Sex on television, Social aspects, Social aspects of Talk shows, Talk shows, Talk shows -- United States, Talk shows -- Social aspects -- United States, Television talk shows, Mass media, social aspects, Popular culture, united states, Radio talk shows
Places: United States
LC classification: PN1992.8.T3 G35 1998