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  “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate?

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  Sue Collins Michigan Technological University

  August 13, 2012

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  of mass adulation, which wins him access to more intimate venues within the popular public sphere ...
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  The Internet’s Commandeering of Bernie Sanders

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  Sara Stafford Georgia State University

  October 05, 2016

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  it was just that those supporters did not transfer to a winning political narrative. This shows that ...
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  Springfield, Iraq

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  November 10, 2006

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  Springfield, Iraq satire politics FOX Iraq The Simpsons animation War of the Worlds Curator's Note With a War of the Worlds-style hoax over in this episode of The Simpsons, a real alien invasion begins. Earlier in the episode, Springfieldians were th ...
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  The Other Side of Democracy in the Digital Age

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  February 09, 2009

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  process. Indeed one could claim, and I certainly think this is the case, that Barack Obama was able to win ...
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  Skins: Immigration and the arrival and departure of Thomas

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  Jeanette Monaco University of the West of England

  May 21, 2010

  the college cannot make rent money fast enough. Thomas finally wins the right to stay after ...
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  Making Sense of South Park, or Is a Snuke in a Sniz more than a Snuke in a Sniz?

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  July 26, 2007

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  Making Sense of South Park, or Is a Snuke in a Sniz more than a Snuke in a Sniz? narrative satire politics South Park Comedy Central cartoon carnivalesque taste election Hillary Clinton CNN Curator's Note South Park has parlayed crude animation and c ...
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  The Trumpster and the Statesman: Civility/Incivility and the Limits of Good Government

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  D. Elisabeth Glassco Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  June 01, 2016

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  The Trumpster and the Statesman: Civility/Incivility and the Limits of Good Government 2016 Election democracy incivility politics Trump Curator's Note By now we have all seen the pictures and watched the video of clashes between supporters of Bernie ...
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  Two Words: Chuck Norris

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  Ian Reilly University of Guelph

  January 16, 2008

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  Two Words: Chuck Norris branding satire politics Mike Huckabee celebrity endorsement conservatism Republicans Curator's Note Mike Huckabee's collaboration with Chuck Norris – a minute-long advert suggestively called HuckChuck Facts – provides a ...
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  The Price of Politics

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  Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

  December 09, 2013

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  The Price of Politics politics Film-philosophy endurance cinematic thinking body athletics virtual subjects Curator's Note Cinematic thinking is most often associated with art cinema. Ideally, art cinema presents a contemplative form of aesthetic, ph ...
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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

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  Sudeep Sharma UCLA

  August 22, 2012

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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits Politics as Entertainment politics Occupy news media criticism journalism Jon Stewart Daily Show Curator's Note Going beyond humor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart creates a cl ...