Should Court Proceedings be Televised Title: Should Court proceedings be televised Thesis statement: There is very little to be gained and much at risk of being lost from televising court room proceedings . The pros and cons and how it affects the out come of a case. 1. The media in the court room can work both ways. It can help the defendant or it could make the case of the state even that much stronger.
The publicity of the case and the one-sided role of the media caused a majority of people, internationally, to be biased and influenced. This impact then led to numerous problems and difficulties in being treated fairly, such as finding an impartial jury. This factor of having preconceived idea meant that the jury had already decided Lindy Chamberlain’s fate, opposing the justice being “served,” legitimately. Wiping away any chance for Lindy Chamberlain to prove her innocence creates an inevitable outcome. The Chamberlains being judged under a heavily biased jury influenced by the media, therefore shows the maltreatment of the case by the justice system and the society.
To fully get the attention of the reader on the subject of television, the author had to do excessive research, especially on the ancient of the television. Neil Postman has so many facts to back up his argument; he even goes back to the 19th century. Readers can now have the same argument as Postman bring in the book; he gives enough facts that as a class we can have a discussion (argument). Postman, I don’t believe he uses Pathos; it’s more the emotional change that the people take from reading this book that changes the emotion of what they think the television media has done to society. But isn’t what Postman used.
What this does is show how football is more about advertising than actually moving the ball as Jean Kilbourne says(336). So in the next paragraph the author goes into talking about the four largest television programs that viewers watch. What this does is analyze the biggest events for both men and female viewers by targeting them with ads. Jean goes into saying that magazines, newspapers, and radio and television programs round us up and sales us to advertisement, Jean Kilbourne (336). What this does is rounds people up to be sold out to advertisement.
Kyle Suzadail Mr. Duffy 9/12/13 English Life Saver or Racial Profiling? An estimated 240 million calls are made to 9-1-1 in the U.S. each year (nena.org).With all these calls for multiple reasons, there is always a need for help from law enforcement. For example, there’s a gun fight on the streets of New York, bullets flying everywhere, people call the police for help because they want to be safe. Many people never think of this, but what protects the police officers, what keeps them safe? Police officers are there to protect and serve people of the city, but just because they are the police doesn’t mean they don’t need protection.
As things started to move a bit faster radio was bought in to people's lives, and they were able to listen to the radio for the news and top stories, while they worked or did their daily deeds. The radio was like television with no visuals, people listened to it for all sorts of things; music, stories, information about the war, and regular news. It wasn't until about the 1950’s when television became a major source and part of people lives. People were then able to watch motion pictures and actually see what was going on around them. Then came broadcast satellite, which at this time was mainly used by the military, because regular people did not have the equipment or technology for it.
In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories” as the title of the show appears. The weekly episode is on for a sixty minute time span while the viewer observes the various intertwining leads that the detectives deal with convey honor as well as righteousness to the victim. Law and Order: SVU attempts to convey those dreadful crimes along with their investigations that appear to be connected to those crimes to the diverse members of society. When we hear about crimes that have been committed on the television or we read about it in the newspaper we rely on our intuitive thinking to provide us with a mental image of what took place.
Jeff Williams 11/21/11 Power and Influence of the Media Every year the average American citizen is exposed to more than a million advertisements of the media. The media helps to depict the ideal American society and societal norms. Major media companies such as the Disney Corporation and Hollywood are constantly setting the standards of people’s everyday lives. If on average we see approximately 3,000 advertisements every day, Americans are directly influenced on how they should dress, act, and view themselves. Many Americans are influenced to take a stand on controversial topics such as homosexual relationships, and the consistent but yet discreet degrading of women because of what they see in the media.
The media cannot be allowed freedom of speech and expression to an extent as to prejudice the trial itself. The print and electronic media have gone into fierce and ruthless competition, as we call them ‘aggressive journalism’. The problem does not lie in media’s exposing the lacuna of a bad investigation by police, or mal-performance of the duties ordained to the civil servants but the eye-brows start to raise when the media ultra-vires its legitimate jurisdiction and does what it must not do. The media trial has now moved on to media verdict and media punishment which is no doubt an illegitimate use
In most cases the privacy invasions that celebrities are subjected to are used for entertainment purposes. Because of today’s society’s focus on entertainment, we think that all things, including private events of someone’s life, are subject to use for the average citizen’s entertainment. For example, there are many magazines and television shows dedicated to spilling secrets and gossiping about the daily lives of celebrities and other public figures. Four out of the eleven magazines listed in “Average Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines” were publications that focused on the lives of celebrities. (Source D).