FILM 2401 Chapter Notes -Moral Authority, Machismo, Jargon
10 Feb 2014
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Tv"s war on crime and on terror (and a football game) Police procedural is derived from early 20th cen hollywood cinema. Ideological function to rehabilitate the largely negative attitude many people felt towards the police during that. Film genre turned into a tv genre but didnt become large part of prime time in 1970. Nation state should be guarantor of its citizens health and welfare and embrues the idea that the role of the state. Cop shows attempt to reaffirm public confidence in the state and its armed protectors even as the citizens who are. Csi police procedural with scientific detective story. Consequences of the neo conservative police state war on north americas poor, marginalized and ethnic. Viewers are regularly presented with an image of war that obscures its actuality. War is construct by tv networks as entertainment to attract a mass audience into the ad flow.
