Politics and Politicians in American Film.(Review)

By Phillip L. Gianos. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. 232p. $59.95.

John Orman, Fairfield University

This book examines the interaction between the American film business and the political system by focusing on how politicians and politics are portrayed in movies. Political scientists can approach movies and politics from many different levels. One is to describe the politics within movies to see what effect political movies have in political socialization. The key question is how political film shapes political opinions, attitudes, and beliefs about politics among the consumers ...

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