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Exploring Intermedia Agenda Setting Effects Of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Andrew Abad
Exploring Intermedia Agenda Setting Effects Of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Andrew Abad
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The HBO television program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a new and unique take on the typical political comedy show popularized by programs like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Uninterrupted by commercial breaks and with full creative control, host John Oliver and his team spend 30 minutes on Sunday nights discussing a typically underreported story at length, abandoning the monologue and interview portions reminiscent of traditional political comedy shows in favor of a long-form style investigation into a particular issue or topic. The main segment of each episode is then uploaded to the social media website, …