It's show time! : media, politics, and popular culture / edited by DavidA. Schultz.

Kenny meets George Washington or, "Come on down, your 15 minutes of fameare now!" / David Schultz -- American as baseball and apple pie / John M. Bublic -- The cultural contradictions of the American media / David Schultz -- The protest paradigm and news coverage of the "right to part" movement / Douglas M. McLeod -- Mass media, citizenship, and democracy: revitalizing deliberation? / Gregory W. Streich -- Mirror, mirror? the politics of television science fiction / Rex Brynen -- Political cynicism and its contradictions in the public, news, andentertainment / Stephanie Greco Larson -- Criminals and buffoons: the portrayalof elected officials on entertainment television / Tracy L. Gladstone-Sovell --"As brave as Stallone, as beautiful as Brooke Shields" POW Rathbun-Nealy and American military women in the Gulf War / Martha F. Lee and Cynthia Nantais -- "Mr. Smith tells Congress to go to hell": celebrity and performance in the Iran-Contra affair / Amy Fried -- Synthetic history and subjective reality: thei