Includes bibliographical references and index.; The revolution Is being televised: the case for popular culture as public sphere /; Timothy M. Dale --; The Daily Show and the politics of truth /; Jamie Warner --; Mr. Smith goes to the movies: images of dissent in American cinema /; Beth Wielde Heidelberg, David Schultz --; The truth is still out there: The X-files and 9/11 /; Paul A. Cantor --; Unpacking the House: images of heroism against the regulatory state /; Sara R. Jordan, Phillip W. Gray --; "I learned prison is a bad place to be": 25th hour and reimagining incarceration /; Peter Caster --; Riveted to Rosie: O'Donnell's queer politics and controversial antics on ABC's The View /; Katherine Lehman --; "Gabbin' about God": religion, secularity, and satire on The Simpsons /; Matthew Henry --; It came from planet earth: eco-horror and the politics of postenvironmentalism in The Happening /; Joseph J. Foy --; Raising the red flag: culture, labor, and the left, 1880-1920 /; Jeffrey A. Johnson --; Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam: the evolution of protest songs in popular music from Vietnam to Iraq /; Jerry Rodnitzky --; Hip-hop and representin': power, voice, and identity /; Tanji Gilliam --; "Things in this country are gonna change pretty fast": dissent, mobilization, and the politics of Jericho /; Isabel Pinedo --; It's not funny 'cause it's true: the mainstream media's response to media satire in the Bush years /; Carl Bergetz --; Gender, the final frontier: revisiting Star Trek: the next generation /; Diana M. A. ReIke.;