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Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

Freaks Talk Back Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780226280653, 978-0226280653
      ISBN10: 0226280659
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

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