Date of Award
1-1-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Joint Ph.D. Program in Study of Religion
First Advisor
Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Diane Waldman
Third Advisor
Antony Alumkal
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.
Copyright Date
January 2012
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Jill Elizabeth Dierberg
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
241 p.
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
Discipline
Religion, Sociology