Patriotism and a Free Press: A Content Analysis of Civil Religion in Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing and The Newsroom

American civil religion abounds in Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, but an idealized patriotism is also pronounced in The Newsroom and Sorkin's other works. A quantitative content analysis found that civil religion elements pop up roughly every three-and-a-half minutes in The West Wing and ev...

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Authors: Littlefield, Christina (Author) ; Janssen, Savannah (Author) ; Rear, Patrick G. (Author) ; Santos, Theresa de los (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Journal of media and religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 41-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Civil religion / The West Wing / The Newsroom
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)