Hail to the Shrub
Mediating the Presidency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Weinstein (Purdue University), D Weinstein (0000-0002-6198-9153, DePaul University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 566-580 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764202238063 |
| OpenAlex | W2098340833 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
With regard to the American presidency, the prestige media perform the primary function of nonpartisan interested mediation between the president and his supporters and the loyal opposition to the president. This article draws on the formal sociology of Georg Simmel as a theoretical background, the American prestige newspapers as a resource, and the presidency of G. W. Bush before and immediately after 9/11/01 as a case study. When, as in the instance of the crisis following the 9/11 skyjackings, there is no partisan opposition to the president, the prestige media take up that role as interested mediators to try to ensure what they as representatives of hegemonic capitalism consider to be the proper functioning of the office
Hegemony · Media studies · Newspaper · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Prestige · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |