The CSI effect
Subtitle: television, crime, and governance
By: edited by Michele Byers and Val Marie Johnson.
Contributors: Byers, Michele, 1971-; Johnson, Val Marie, 1967-
Series: Critical studies in television
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780739124703; 9780739124710; 9780739139271
Subjects: CSI: crime scene investigation (Television program); Forensic sciences on television; Criminal investigation on television; Justice, Administration of, on television; Television -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: "The CSI Effect: Television, Crime, and Governance demonstrates that CSI's appeal cannot be disentangled from its production as a televisual text or the broader discourses and practices that circulate within our social landscape. This interdisciplinary collection bridges the gap between the study of popular culture media and the study of crime, and fosters the development of a new set of theoretical languages in which the mediated dynamics of crime, criminalization, and governing can be carefully considered."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: CSI as neoliberalism: an introduction / Michele Byers and Val Marie Johnson; title: Producing justice, science, and television drama. Science fiction or social fact?: an exploratory content analysis of popular press reports / Liz Harvey and Linda Derksen; title: The science and careers of CSI / Sherah VanLaerhoven and Gail Anderson; title: CSI and Law & order: dueling representations of science and the law in the criminal justice system / Kurt Hohenstein; title: Generic difference and hybridisation in CSI / Nichola Dobson; title: Bodies of evidence. The body as abject and object in CSI / Basil Glynn and Jeongmee Kim; title: The city of our times: Space, identity and the body in CSI: Miami / Patrick West; title: Crime scene investigation as applied environmental history / William Turkel; title: Late modern subjects. Not the usual suspects: the obfuscation of political economy and race in CSI / Kevin Bonnycastle; title: Troping Mr. Johnson: reading phallic mastery and anxiety on season one of CSI: crime scene investigation / Mythili Rajiva; title: Forensic music: channeling the dead on Post-9/11 television / Lawrence Kramer.