Law and the Media

The Future of an Uneasy Relationship

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Media & the Law, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
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Author: Lieve Gies ISBN: 9781135390051
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 6, 2007
Imprint: Routledge-Cavendish Language: English
Author: Lieve Gies
ISBN: 9781135390051
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 6, 2007
Imprint: Routledge-Cavendish
Language: English

Introducing readers to the study of law, media and popular culture, this text, using three original case studies, re-examines the assumptions underpinning existing research and suggests alternatives.

Arguing that the study of law, media and popular culture should be embedded in the sociology of everyday life, the author focuses on four specific topics, in which there is scope for further development. These are the facts that:

  • the current literature in this field predominantly focuses on crime, neglecting the way the media portrays less spectacular, more run-of-the-mill legal topics
  • fiction, primarily, has captured scholars' attention, with remarkably less being paid to representations of law, other than crime, in factual media
  • textual analysis continues to be the preferred method in the study of law and the media
  • the literature is dominated by a fear of corrosive media effects, while the potential of the media and popular culture to improve public legal knowledge, facilitate access to justice and promote legal change remains largely undocumented.

Exploring the often uneasy relationship between law and popular culture from specific socio-legal perspectives, including systems theory, semiotics of law and legal pluralism, this book is an essential read for those studying and researching in this area.

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Introducing readers to the study of law, media and popular culture, this text, using three original case studies, re-examines the assumptions underpinning existing research and suggests alternatives.

Arguing that the study of law, media and popular culture should be embedded in the sociology of everyday life, the author focuses on four specific topics, in which there is scope for further development. These are the facts that:

Exploring the often uneasy relationship between law and popular culture from specific socio-legal perspectives, including systems theory, semiotics of law and legal pluralism, this book is an essential read for those studying and researching in this area.

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