West Wing technology is growing rapidly, and so are new generations who are embracing new forms of media and devices that provide us with information . The media and politics have struggled to inform their audiences and communities about events happening in their community. Today, media and information strive to adapt to the way previous generations received information and events that affected them, using media and popular culture. According to Wodak, for politics to be broadcast and engage and intrigue its audience, it must need scandals, rumors, and speculation (45). The West Wing is a clear example of where news and politics enter the world of entertainment, while also informing its audience about the political world and events they may encounter. I will analyze the television series The West Wing in relation to representations of gender, race and politics, using examples and scholarly sources. The West Wing is a show that takes place within political settings, focusing on each character with their own settings. side stories, with a primary focus on political events and how they are handled within the White House. We have the President of the United States played by Martin Sheen, with a team consisting of CJ, a woman is the White House Press Secretary, a strong and stern woman who seems to show strengths in helping everyone to the White House, who is also presented as the savior of the team and who takes the fall in front of the media public (journalists). The office contains Leo, Toby, Josh, and Sam, all of whom are White House staff, part of the team. The four male figures cited focus on certain aspects related to the president and his image in the news and media coverage. The team primarily against...... middle of paper ......e West Wing." Television Quarterly 32.1 (2001): 39-42. Art Source. Web. March 16, 2014. Engelstad, Audun." Watching Politics: The Portrayal of Politics in Prime-Time Television Dramas. " NORDICOM Review 29.2 (2008): 309-324. Communication and Mass Media Completed. Web. March 16, 2014. Hungerford, Kristen. " Hollywood's Male "White" House: A Feminist Critique of What It Means to Be Presidential. " Ohio Communication Journal 48. (2010): 55-75. Comprehensive Mass Media and Communication. Web. March 16, 2014. Lewis, Ann F. "The West Wing." Television Quarterly 32.1 (2001): 36-38. Art Web source, March 16, 2014. "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc", September 29, 1999. Video, March 29, 2014. "The glocalization of politics on television: fiction or reality?." 2010): 43-62 Completed Communication and Mass Media... 2014.