Sheeler, Kristina Horn, 1965-Oliveira Campoy, Juliana deDobris, Catherine A.Rossing, Jonathan P.2015-01-292015-01-292014https://hdl.handle.net/1805/5754http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/469Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Framing theory is one of the most used theories in the discussion of media effects on how people make sense of issues, especially in the political environment. Although it is majorly used for the discussion of news media, framing theory can also be applied in other areas surrounding media production. This thesis uses this theory to discuss how presidents are framed in fiction and implications of race and gender in the assessment of presidential characters by analyzing Fox’s fictional drama 24. Although at first the show seems to bring new options for the presidency, the analysis points Presidents Palmer and Taylor as unfit for office and President Logan as unethical and power-hungry. Following Entman’s (1993) process for analyzing frames in media, embedded white male hegemony was identified in the show. As the show presented a postfeminist and postracial world, it continued to frame femininity and blackness as the opposite to effective executive leadership. Further, white masculinity was associated with power, ambition and ultimately corruption. As other races and gender were pointed as unfit, the status quo was questioned as being corrupt. The show both increases the cynicism that people may develop against politics and damages a more proper consideration of women and people of color to be elected president.en-USAttribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesFraming TheoryPresidency24White Male HegemonyGender FramingRace FramingMediaFrames (Sociology) -- Drama -- Research -- Analysis24 (Television program)Popular culture -- United StatesPresidents -- United StatesPress and politics -- United States -- DramaAdministrative agencies -- California -- Los Angeles -- DramaTelevision programs -- United StatesWhites on televisionAfrican Americans on televisionMass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- DramaRace relations in mass mediaHegemony -- United StatesGender identity on televisionCommunication -- PhilosophyUnited States -- Race relations -- Political aspectsMass media and race relations -- United States -- DramaThesis