Jeffrey P. Jones is associate professor of communication at Old Dominion University.

• Part 1 Part I: Television and Politics TodayChapter 2 The Changing Face of Politics on TelevisionChapter 3 Rethinking Television's Relationship to Civic EngagementPart 4 Part II: Entertaining Political TalkChapter 5 From Insiders to Outsiders: The Transformation of Political Talk on TelevisionChapter 6 New Political Television: Questioning News Media's Regime of TruthChapter 7 The Competing Senses of Political Insiders and OutsidersChapter 8 Changing the Conversation: The Daily Show's Interviews and InterrogationsPart 9 Part III: Faking it (For Real) in News and TalkChapter 10 Muckraking Through Fake Newsmagazines: Michael Moore's Satire TVChapter 11 Fake News vs. Real News: The Case of The Daily Show and CNNChapter 12 Faux Real and Faux Play: The Parody of Punditry in The Colbert ReportPart 13 Part IV: Audiences / Fans / CitizensChapter 14 Viewer Engagement Beyond Information Acquisition: Celebrity, Talk, and PlayChapter 15 The Expanding and Contested Boundaries of New Political TelevisionChapter 16 Appendix: Methodology for Audience Research

This thoroughly revised and brilliant second edition brings up to date the story of political television that Jones began with the first edition, and it expands the analysis in exciting new ways, thereby solidifying Jones's preeminence as a scholar who truly gets how politics, entertainment, and citizenship intersect in contemporary American life. All those who sense that the likes of Jon Stewart are doing something important, and all those who need convincing of the fact, should move this excellent book to the top of their reading list.