Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television: Washington as Fiction (Routledge Advances in Television Studies)

Synopsis

Bringing together well-established scholars of media, political science, sociology, and film to investigate the representation of Washington politics on U.S. television from the mid-2000s to the present, this volume offers stimulating perspectives on the status of representations of contemporary US politics, the role of government and the machinations and intrigue often associated with politicians and governmental institutions. The authors help to locate these representations both in the context of the history of earlier television shows that portrayed the political culture of Washington as well as within the current political culture transpiring both inside and outside of "The Beltway." With close attention to issues of gender, race and class and offering studies from contemporary quality television, including popular programmes such as The West Wing, Veep, House of Cards, The Americans, The Good Wife and Scandal, the authors examine the ways in which televisual representations reveal changing attitudes towards Washington culture, shedding light on the role of the media in framing the public’s changing perception of politics and politicians. Exploring the new era in which television finds itself, with new production practices and the possible emergence of a new ’political genre’ emerging, Politics and Politicians in Contemporary U.S. Television also considers the ’humanizing’ of political characters on television, asking what that representation of politicians as human beings says about the national political culture. A fascinating study that sits at the intersection of politics and television, this book will appeal to scholars of popular culture, sociology, cultural and media studies.

Copyright:

2017

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781317078487

Related ISBNs:

9781472486066, 9781315601281, 9781472486059, 9781472486042, 9781472486042

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/18/20

Copyrighted By:

Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret J. Tally

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Betty Kaklamanidou

Edited by:

Margaret Tally