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Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture. Jeffrey P. Jones. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 242 pp. $29.95 pbk.

Jeffrey P. Jones challenges existing assumptions about the nature of mediated civic engagement and the forms it must take in Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture. Jones, an assistant professor at Old Dominion University, rejects efforts to treat entertainment and information as distinct categories and argues that popular programs create a unique public space for those who don't identify with more formalized presentations of political information. Shows like Politically Incorrect, The Daily Show, and Dennis Miller ...

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