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dc.contributor.authorLorenzo López, José Gabriel 
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-07T10:43:08Z
dc.date.available2024-05-07T10:43:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationLorenzo-López, J. G. (2024). The West Wing: a fictitious dramatization of American idealism, Communication & Society,37(2), 71-85. doi.org/10.15581/003.37.2.71-85es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12766/606
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this article is to investigate the reasons behind the origins of the ideal American society and its embodiment in the television series The West Wing. To this end, the factors that led to the success of the series will be explored, at the precise moment when the public’s viewing habits began to change, as they started demanding more complex and ambiguous dramatic characters. In this context, the article examines the way in which Aaron Sorkin, the creator of the series, approached the writing of the episodes, avoiding overly naive idealism without renouncing the aim of building bridges with the foundations of the American past. The study analyses the most important plots of the first four seasons and their links to the society that emerged in the New World. Despite the problems inherent in such an undertaking, the conclusions show how Sorkin’s dramatic skills managed to dramatize idealism in order to bring the series closer to 21st century audiences, avoiding the cynicism that was starting to take hold in society at that moment, yet at the same time adapting the conflicts of the plot to the level of complexity required by the audience. Moreover, the prestige of the series has outlived the years in which it was produced, as it is still viewed today, at a time when the innocent point of view has decisively disappeared. Among the findings of the study, one interesting fact is that the fictional president, Josiah Bartlet, was given the name of a senator who actually signed the Declaration of Independence.es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherUniversidad de Navarraes
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleThe West Wing: a fictitious dramatization of American idealismes
dc.typejournal articlees
dc.description.departmentComunicaciónes
dc.identifier.doi10.15581/003.37.2.71-85
dc.issue.number2es
dc.journal.titleCommunication & Societyes
dc.page.initial71es
dc.page.final85es
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses
dc.subject.areaComunicación Audiovisuales
dc.subject.keywordIdeal societyes
dc.subject.keywordFoundinges
dc.subject.keywordDramaes
dc.subject.keywordTelevisiones
dc.subject.keywordPresidentes
dc.subject.keywordConflictes
dc.volume.number37es


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