American Television during a Television Presidency
- ISBN-10
- 0814349374
- ISBN-13
- 9780814349373
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-04-12
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Author
- Karen McNally
Description
Explores the ways television documents, satirizes, and critiques the political era of the Trump presidency.
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