Gamson, Joshua,  1962- <br/><br/>
Freaks talk back  tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity /  [electronic resource] : 
Joshua Gamson. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  c1998. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 288 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226280639 (electronic bk.) 0226280632 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Television talk shows--United States.<br/>Television talk shows--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Sex on television.<br/>Homosexuality on television.<br/>Talk-shows--États-Unis.<br/>Talk-shows--Aspect social--États-Unis.<br/>Sexualité à la télévision.<br/>Homosexualité à la télévision.<br/>Talkshow.<br/>Abweichendes Sexualverhalten.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1992.8.T3  / G35 1998eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.45/6