Full Description
Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant to people's acquisition of beliefs and to the development of law.. In this book, readers will find the first transnational, empirical look at ethnicity, gender, and diversity on legally-themed TV shows. Scholars determine the three most watched legally-themed shows in Brazil, Britain, Canada, Germany, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and the United States and then examine gender, age, ability, ethnicity, race, class, sexual orientation and nationality in those shows and countries. As such, this book provides an important link between law, TV, and what is going on in real life.
Contents
Chapter 1Introduction: Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity on TV in Context
Peter Robson and Jennifer L. Schulz
Chapter 2Brazil: Dramas of Televisual Justice
Pedro Fortes and Germano Schwartz
Chapter 3Britain: The Justice System on TV
Peter Robson
Chapter 4Canada: Women, People of Colour & Diversity on Top Law Shows
Jennifer L. Schulz
Chapter 5Germany: Diversity on its Way
Franziska Stürmer
Chapter 6Greece: TV Crime Dramas and Some Reflections on Gender and Race
Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos, and Olga Derzioti
Chapter 7Poland: Polish Productions about Polish Problems
Zofia Zawadzka
Chapter 8Switzerland: Diversity as a Means of Seduction
Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt
Chapter 9United States: Some Representations of Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity on Law-Related TV Series
Christine A. Corcos
AppendixAlphabetical Summary of Television Shows
