Entertaining the citizen when politics and popular culture converge by liesbet van zoonen critical media studies rowman littlefield paperback one day while researching for this book i came across an excited text from an american student who had to watch the west wing an american television series about life and politics at the white house for her political science class. The full text of this article hosted at iucrorg is unavailable due to technical difficulties. Politics and popular culture are converging all the time whether its in arnold schwarzeneggers election as governor of california or in political television dramas and movies like the west wing and dave this book encourages readers to think about how links between entertainment and politics have the potential to rejuvenate citizenship endorse civic values and sustain civic commitment . Entertaining the citizen when politics and popular culture converge critical media studies institutions politics author wikictsnetorg ralf dresner 2020 12 27 00 36 16 subject entertaining the citizen when politics and popular culture converge critical media studies institutions politics keywords. Entertaining the citizen when politics and popular culture converge liesbet van zoonen no preview available 2005 entertaining the citizen when politics and popular culture converge liesbet van zoonen no preview available 2005 common terms and phrases activities actors american appear articulations audience authors become better british called campaign candidates celebrity chapter