FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aaron Hernandez, Arthur Conan Doyle, Chloroform
Document Summary
The csi juggernaut: csi first aired oct. 6th, 2000, 15 seasons, 350 episodes, at one point had an avrg. Of 9million people viewing: spin offs, other primetime shows, criminal minds, dexter, etc. "infotainment: highly stylized, edited, and formatted, made to appear informative and realistic, some things were accurate, most weren"t, not as exciting/dramatic as depicted on tv, popularity leads to effect on society. Csi tv myths: sometimes technologies displayed don"t exist, as much as 40% of the science on csi doesn"t exist. If it does exist, its done in ways only wished were true: time needed, provided more ambiguous answers than displayed. "match: how chemicals and materials actually behave. Injury molds in soft tissue: developmental stage of certain technology, scent detection, hybrid roles of investigators, one person does everything, much greater team effort than depicted. The csi effect: combination of effects related to unreasonable expectations, presenting an air/appearance of infallibility in forensic science.
