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Contents Preface 1 Introduction 7 One: Theorizing the Presidency 17 Learning the Presidency: The Political Socialization Studies 17 The Media as an Agent of Political Socialization 25 Processing the Presidency 29 Two: Communicating the Presidency on Screen 34 The President on Film 00 Broadcasting the President 00 Campaigning for the Presidency 00 The President in Television Drama and Comedy 00 Three: A West Wing Primer 00 Beginnings 00 Quality Television and The West Wing 00 A Note on the Issue of Quality 00 Staging the Presidency 00 Team Bartlet 000 Leo McGarry 000 Josh Lyman 000 Toby Ziegler 000 C. J. Cregg 000 Sam Seaborn 000 Four: True Fiction 000 Representing the White House 000 I'm Not a Politician But I Play One on TV 000 Reel Politics 000 Documentary Special 000 Performing the President 000 Screening the President 000 Five: The Making of a President 000 The Paternal President 000 Campaign Discourse and the Power of the Paternal 000 Bartlet as Father Figure 000 The Moral President 000 The Oval Office as Sacred Space 000 President as Preacher 000 The Intellectual President 000 Six: End Game 000 Sounds Like... 000 Reality Check 000 Character Actor 000 Appendix: Episodes by Season, 1999-2003 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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West Wing (Television program).