Hollywood & Politics

Paper Summary:

The paper examines whether a link exists between the glitter of Hollywood and its actors, powerful American politicians, and the world. The paper further examines whether this link is used strategically for influencing and shaping the minds and the agenda of the public. The paper includes a detailed literature review.

Outline:
Annotated Bibliography
Abstract
Objective
Questions Of The Research
Introduction
Review Of The Literature
Hollywood & Politics - The Razz Ma Tazz And The Spin
Summary & Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"Kellner (1991) writes: "In our book 'Camera Politica: Politics and Ideology in Contemporary Hollywood Film": "Michael Ryan and I argue that Hollywood Film from the 1960s to the present was closely connected with the political movements and struggles of the epoch." Kellner (1991) further stats that their narrative (Kellner and Ryan's) "maps the rise and decline of 60's radicalism, the failure of liberalism and the rise of the New Right in the 1970's and the triumph and hegemony of the Right in the 1980's." (Kellner, 1991) Kellner further believes that: "Popular films intervene in the political struggles of the day, as when 60s films advanced the agenda of the New Left and the counterculture." (Kellner, 1991)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Nelson, John S. (2003) Four Forms for Terrorism: Horror, Dystopia, Thriller, and Noir" April 2003
• Schochet, Stephen (2006) Tales of Hollywood and Politics - The Strongville Ohio Advocate.
• Vaughn, Stephen (1994) Ronald Reagan in Hollywood's Movies and Politics Cambridge University Press (1994)
• McIntosh, et al., (2003) Are the Liberal Good in Hollywood? Characteristics of Political Figures in Popular Films from 1945 to 1998"
• This Fabulous Century: Sixty Years of American Life (1920-1930) Time-Life Publications (1969) Time-Life Vol. III.

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