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The modern landscape of American entertainment is filled with commentary on the state of the union. Viewers turn to The Daily Show instead of Fox or CNN, satirical films such as Wag the Dog, cartoons like The Simpsons, or controversial action dramas similar to 24 in order to learn more about current events in the United States. Popular culture is educating America more than the nightly news, aiding viewers in their quest to understand the American political system.In Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture, Joseph J. Foy and other contributing scholars

כותר Homer Simpson goes to Washington : American politics through popular culture / edited by Joseph J. Foy
with a foreword by Stanley K. Schultz.
מהדורה 2nd ed.
מוציא לאור Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky
שנה 2008
הערות Includes index.
הערת תוכן ותקציר Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction. American Idle: Politics and Popular Culture
Part 1. Setting the Stage: American Political Thought, Beliefs, and Culture
1. Aye on Springfield: Reasons to Vote ""Yes"" on Popular Culture
Notes
2. R for Revolution: Hobbes and Locke on Social Contracts and Scarlet Carsons
The ""Ulcered Sphincter of Ass-erica"" and the State of Nature
Three Waters and Avoiding the State of Nature
High Chancellor Sutler as Hobbesian Sovereign
""Strength through Unity, Unity through Faith""
Valerie's Story
Sutler as Lockean Tyrant
Voracious Villain . . . Virtuous Vanguard... Vox Populi?Locke, Jefferson, and the Wachowski Brothers
3. Political Culture and Public Opinion: The American Dream on Springfield's Evergreen Terrace
Culture and Politics
The Power to Shape, and Be Shaped by, Public Opinion
The American Dream at 742 Evergreen Terrace
The Simpsons: Pop Culture Evidence of Variations on the American Dream
Part 2. Cast and Crew: Actors and Institutions in American Government and Politics
4. Congress, Corruption, and Political Culture: Mr. Bulworth Goes to Washington
Legislating in the U.S. CongressCongress and American Political Culture
Congress and Corruption
Conclusion
5. The President as Hero: Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Bartlet
The Final Call-The Right Call
Going It Alone
Jokes, Jokesters, and Excessively Detailed Random Stories
And the Administration, Too
Culture Influencing The West Wing,The West Wing Influencing Culture
The ""President-as-Hero"" Image: Why It Matters
6. Seeking Justice in Americas Two-Tiered Legal System:""I Plead the Fif""
The American Courts and Systems of Law
Race and Class in the Criminal Court SystemAnd Justice for Some...
Legal Services for the Poor
Jury of Your Peers
Misguided Sentencing
Has the Jury Reached a Verdict? Concluding on the Courts
7. Madisonian Pluralism and Interest Group Politics: Inhaling Democracy, Choking on Elitism
Filtering Out the Harmful Effects of Factions
Are ""Tobacco Tactics"" Bad for Democracy's Health?
America Is Living in Spin
Cutting through the Smoke
One Last Puff on Pluralism
8. Entertainment Media and Political Knowledge: Do People Get Any Truth out of Truthiness?
Media Consumption and Media EffectsTypes of Media
Soft News v. Hard News
The Soft News Audience and Political Attention
Soft News and Political Information
What Is Soft News?
Hard Data on Entertainment Media
And Now, Your Moment of Zen
9. Broadcast News and the Movies: Wagging Somebody's Dog
Part 3. Lights, Camera, Politics: Contemporary Issues in American Government
10. Torture, Terrorism, and 24: What Would Jack Bauer Do?
Jack Bauer and the Ticking Bomb Case
From Ticking Bomb to Torture
Ticking Bombs, 24, and Reality
11. Civil Liberties v. Law and Order: Exploring Responses to Terrorismin The Siege
היקף החומר 1 online resource (290 p.)
שפה אנגלית
שנת זכויות יוצרים ©2008
מספר מערכת 997010716401205171
תצוגת MARC

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