Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity: Law and Justice on TV

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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. Cover Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity Law and Justice on TV Copyright page Dedication Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Modern Legal Scholarship Law and Literature Law and Film Law and TV This Collection Notes Bibliography Chapter 2 Brazil The Other Side of Paradise: Representations of Corrupted Justice The Evolution of Inclusion in Brazilian Telenovelas: Symbolic Affirmative Action The Car Wash Operation: Representations of Corruption Judged From Reality into Fiction: The Mechanism of Corruption Judging in Prime Time: Brazilian Supreme Court Live Show The Discontinuation of TV Series: The Prohibited City The Challenge of Social Inclusion: Gender, Ethnicity, and Diversity Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 3 Britain Context—British TV Channels and Their Governance Gender, Ethnicity, and Diversity in Britain TV Series Post-2010 Significant Programs in November 2017 Conclusion Notes Chapter 4 Canada Findings Analysis: Gender Analysis: Ethnicity Analysis: Sexual Orientation, ABILITY, and Class Conclusion Notes Chapter 5 Germany Diversity in Germany Law on TV Tatort Criminal Minds and NCIS Conclusion Notes Chapter 6 Greece Ethnicity and Gender in Greek Society Issues of Gender and Race in the Media Entertainment Culture Research Questions and Methodology Textual Analysis Discussion Notes Bibliography Chapter 7 Poland Gender, Ethnicity, and Diversity in Poland TV Series with the Highest Viewership in November 2017 Gender Age Ability Ethnicity Class Sexual Orientation Religion Conclusion Notes Chapter 8 Switzerland Seduction Theory and Diversity Brief Outline of the Series’ Plot Diversity Issues in Wilder Ethnicity and Religion Socioeconomic Status Gender and Moral Values of the Majority Gender Sexual Orientation Diversity as a Seductive Motif The Seduction of Breaking Taboos and Crossing Boundaries Seduction of the Search for Truth Conclusions Notes BIBLIOGRAPHY Chapter 9 United States Gender, Ethnicity, and Diversity in the United States Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession An Examination of Three Popular US Legal Dramas Bull Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) How to Get Away with Murder (HTGAWM)56 Conclusion Notes Appendix TV Shows Mentioned in This Book Index About the Contributors