Introduction -- Person of the Year: Obama, Joker, Capitalism, Schizophrenia -- The Postmodern Presidency -- Lost in America: In Search of a Social Contract -- A Faith Unyielding: Conservative and Liberal Philosophies in Post 9/11 as Revealed in Battlestar Galactica and 24 -- Democracy Indicted: The Case for Political Judgment Found in Battlestar Galactica -- Presidential Debates in Infotainment Era -- Profits and Protest: The Cultural Commodification of the Presidential Image -- Entertainment Media and the Youth Vote -- PoliticalTube: the Impact of YouTube on Politics -- Alias America: 9/11 and the Televisual Quest for a National Identity -- Paranoia and Preemptive Violence in 24 -- Michael Moore's Documentaries: Popular Politics with a Vengence -- The Eulogy Effect: The Impact of a Candidate's Death on Media Coverage During Campaigns -- Conclusion -- Contributors
