Date of Award
1-1-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Religious and Theological Studies
First Advisor
Lynn Schofield Clark
Keywords
Colbert, emerging adults, identity
Abstract
Utilizing textual analysis and in-depth interviews of self-identified Christian participants ages 18-35 (n=20), this dissertation explores the way Comedy Central's The Colbert Report portrays Christianity, how young Christian viewers negotiate their religio-political identity in relation to the show, and what this negotiation says about the religio-political landscape of Christian emerging adults (19-29) (Arnett, 2004) in the United States. I conclude that The Colbert Report provides a contextual occasion for critical religio-political reflection, and that Christian emerging adults of myriad Christian subcultures negotiate their religio-political identity in relation to The Colbert Report to varying degrees as they select differing reference points within the show as a means of shaping and strengthening previous and ongoing identity markers.
Recommended Citation
Dierberg, Jill Elizabeth, "Searching for Truth(iness): Mapping the Religio-Political Landscape and Identity of Christian Emerging Adults through a Reception Study of The Colbert Report" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 798.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/798
Provenance
Recieved from ProQuest
Rights holder
Jill Elizabeth Dierberg
File size
241 p.
Copyright date
2012
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Religion, Sociology