Trinity Broadcasting Network Evangelical Television

Features Media Format Themes and Values World View

Media Mirrors mainstream broadcasting forms News Cartoons and Programs for Children Health and Fitness Cooking Feature Films Documentaries

“Subversive” Media Music Videos Comic Books “South Park” style animation (utilized for teen audiences)

“Traditional” Evangelical forms Church—minister in “church space” with real audience Sermon—minister preaching to television audience only.

Themes and Values Evangelical Nature Goal: Spreading gospel of Jesus Christ to a global audience using “state of the art” media forms. Goal: “Strategic use of all forms of mass communication, the conduct of education that will train the young and old to understand how the principles of The Kingdom of God relate to those spheres of human endeavor that play a dominant role in our world” (CBN)

Themes Binary War-like in tone Apocalyptic

Values IMPLIED –Good v Evil –Flesh v Spirit –Life v Death –Impulse v Control –Saved v Unsaved –Christian v Pagan –Right v Wrong –TRUTH v Lie(s) STATED –GOD –COUNTRY –FAMILY

Why is this attractive to some? Provides simple, black and white answers to complex issues and problems in global, diverse, pluralistic world community.