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Before the unprecedented televised presidential debates of 1960, most Americans were able to relate to their leaders in little more than an historical context. In the era of televised elections, however, the media have allowed Americans to witness the paternal, moral and intellectual qualities of their president up close. Television has been so critical to this process of political socialization that, for many Americans, the televised image of the president is the president.
As the acclaimed television drama The West Wing demonstrates, fictional representations of the presidency can also be significant civic forces. This book examines how film and television drama contribute to shaping the presidency and the way most Americans understand it, and particularly the processes of political education. The text discusses The West Wing's didactic potential, its representation of White House politics, and its depiction of race and gender, with commentary on how fictional representations of the presidency become important elements of American political consciousness.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
One: Theorizing the Presidency
Learning the Presidency: The Political Socialization Studies
The Media as an Agent of Political Socialization
Processing the Presidency
Two: Communicating the Presidency on Screen
The President on Film
Broadcasting the President
Campaigning for the Presidency
The President in Television Drama and Comedy
Three: A West Wing Primer
Beginnings
Quality Television and The West Wing
A Note on the Issue of Quality
Staging the Presidency
Team Bartlet
Leo McGarry
Josh Lyman
Toby Ziegler
C. J. Cregg
Sam Seaborn
Four: True Fiction
Representing the White House
I'm Not a Politician But I Play One on TV
Reel Politics
Documentary Special
Performing the President
Screening the President
Five: The Making of a President
The Paternal President
Campaign Discourse and the Power of the Paternal
Bartlet as Father Figure
The Moral President
The Oval Office as Sacred Space
The President as Preacher
The Intellectual President
Six: End Game
Sounds Like...
Reality Check
Character Actor
Appendix: Episodes by Season, 1999-2003
Notes
Bibliography
Index
