Law and justice as seen on TV /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rapping, Elayne, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The return of the attorney-hero: politics and justice in the prime-time courtroom
  • Aliens, nomads, mad dogs, and road warriors: tabloid TV and new face of criminal violence
  • Signs of the times: OZ and the sudden visibility of prisons on television
  • Cameras, Court TV, and the rise of the criminal trial as major media event
  • The politics of representation: gender violence and criminal justice
  • Television and family dysfunction: from the talk show to the courtroom
  • Television and the demonization of youth
  • Television, melodrama, and the rise of the victims' rights movement
  • Conclusion: the criminalization of American life.