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Presidentialism, Political Fiction, and the Complex Presidencies of F ox's 24
Author(s) -
ParryGiles Trevor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/psq.12110
Subject(s) - presidency , presidential system , political science , politics , articulation (sociology) , ambivalence , media studies , law , sociology , psychology , social psychology
This article explores how the F ox television network program 24 offers a compelling yet oddly ambivalent vision of the U . S . presidency. Specifically, I examine 24 's articulation of presidentialism in depictions of the nation's chief executive and reveal how those depictions are actually quite complex and layered. Ultimately, I suggest that as 24 continues to circulate as a meaningful popular culture text, it may also continue to influence how A mericans see the presidency, offering its audiences a sense of the presidency that is conflicted and complicated, yet strangely reassuring in its vision of presidentialism and presidential authority.