Crime and the media

Reps of race in crime narratives (fiction and non fiction).

This will be good to do if:
a) you can collect enough media examples quickly
b0 you can get enough secondary reading


http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/advertising-television-advertising/731330-1.html

If you cannot get this stuff you need to change to something else. Texts you like:

CSI
Boston Legal
The Bill

So what you could do is explore WHY our culture is so fascinated with telling itself stories about crime. Do we need reassurance? Do the narratives betray acute cultural anxiety? And what can the reps tell us about our attitudes to crime, criminals, the police, and our society?

Sean