Investigating <i>CSI</i>: Portrayals of DNA testing on a forensic crime show and their potential effects

Ley, Barbara L.; Jankowski, Natalie; Brewer, Paul R.

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“…Thus, the hypothesis predicts that heavy use of media will be positively related to holding media-consistent beliefs, regardless of whether these media representations of reality are objectively correct. Scholars have found value in the cultivation approach for understanding media influence in many contexts, including science (30).…”

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An integrated model of communication influence on beliefs

Eveland

Cooper

2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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How do people develop and maintain their beliefs about science? Decades of social science research exist to help us answer this question. The Integrated Model of Communication Influence on Beliefs presented here combines multiple theories that have considered aspects of this process into a comprehensive model to explain how individuals arrive at their scientific beliefs. In this article, we (i) summarize what is known about how science is presented in various news and entertainment media forms; (ii) describe how individuals differ in their choices to be exposed to various forms and sources of communication; (iii) discuss the implications of how individuals mentally process information on the effects of communication; (iv) consider how communication effects can be altered depending on background characteristics and motivations of individuals; and (v) emphasize that the process of belief formation is not unidirectional but rather, feeds back on itself over time. We conclude by applying the Integrated Model of Communication Influence on Beliefs to the complex issue of beliefs about climate change.knowledge | learning D ecades of scholarship in communication and related fields have examined the role of mass and interpersonal communication as means by which members of the public acquire information or beliefs about a variety of important topics (1, 2). However, there are several properties of this literature that make it less than ideal for succinctly answering the larger question of how scientific beliefs are formed. First, there is a tendency to focus research on a particular form of communication in isolation from others (e.g., news rather than entertainment or media rather than interpersonal discussion), with an emphasis on media effects. Second, most empirical models offer snapshots of associations among variables (3, 4) rather than consideration of how feedback processes connect communication and beliefs in both causal directions. Third, the models tested often seem to have been developed on the basis of the data available in a particular study rather than on a broader consideration of the theoretical processes involved. In those cases in which the models do seem more comprehensive, they usually eschew formal prediction in favor of offering more abstract frameworks and encouraging data exploration (5). Overall, although there is a wealth of insight and evidence relating communication and beliefs, it tends to be scattered because of emphasis on particular subprocesses rather than emphasis on the whole.Sociologist Robert Merton [ref. 6, pp. 52-53 (emphasis in original)] argued that "theories of the middle range hold the largest promise, provided that the search for them is coupled with a pervasive concern with consolidating special theories into more general sets of concepts and mutually consistent propositions" (6). The current body of research on media selection and impact on beliefs, which has, to date, been relatively circumscribed by focusing attention on subprocesses, would seem to be ripe for a comprehens...

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Section: Evidence Of Media Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

An integrated model of communication influence on beliefs

Eveland

Cooper

2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…A série apresenta resoluções de crimes policiais com a ajuda de uma equipe de especialistas forenses que se utilizam de vários métodos, práticas e exames científicos. Tal programa vem fazendo bastante sucesso internacionalmente, causando o chamado "efeito CSI", caracterizado por uma apropriação de certos procedimentos científicos por parte de seus telespectadores (LEY, JANKOWSKI, BREWER, 2012;THOMAS, 2006). No Brasil, não é possível afirmar que a série terá efeitos similares ao que ocorre nos Estados Unidos.…”

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“…Além disso, estudos já mostram que o público está familiarizado com alguns procedimentos e métodos científicos mostrados em seriados televisivos, como é o caso do seriado CSI: Criminal Scene Investigation (THOMAS, 2006;COLE,DIOSO-VILLA, 2009;LEY, JANKOWSKI, BREWER, 2012). Siqueira (1998), Rondelli (2004) e Medeiros e colaboradores (2013), por sua vez, se dedicaram à análise de um dos programas de variedades mais duradouros da história da TV brasileira, o Fantástico, da Rede Globo.…”

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Ciência E Tv: Estudo Sobre a Programação Da Rede Record

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Massarani

Ramalho

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Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc. (Belo Horizonte)

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RESUMO: Neste artigo, apresentamos uma análise de conteúdo da programação da TV Record, visando a examinar peças relacionadas à ciência. Nossa amostra foi formada pelo conteúdo veiculado pela emissora ao longo de duas semanas construídas, representativas de seis meses (junho a novembro de 2013). Identificamos 847 peças de ciência de distintas categorias televisivas, representando 7,0% da programação assistida. As publicidades foram a categoria televisiva mais recorrentemente associada à ciência. Materiais relacionados às Ciências Biológicas e à Medicina e Saúde foram os mais frequentes, principalmente nas publicidades. Houve reduzida presença da figura do cientista: de todo o material analisado, apenas 3,5% exibia cientistas, em maioria estrangeira. Dos 38 pesquisadores presentes, apenas cinco eram mulheres. Palavras-chave: Cobertura sobre ciência. Televisão. TV Record.LA CIENCIA Y LA TELE: ESTUDIO ACERCA DE LA PROGRAMACIÓN DE REDE RECORD RESUMEN: En este artículo, presentamos un análisis de contenido de la programación de Record TV con la intención de examinar exhibiciones relacionadas a la ciencia. Nuestra muestra se constituyó de contenido vehiculado por la emisora a lo largo de dos semanas construidas, representativas de seis meses (de junio a noviembre de 2013). Identificamos 847 exhibiciones acerca de ciencia de distintas categorías televisivas, que representaban un 7,0% de la programación vista. Las publicidades fueron la categoría televisiva más recurrente que se asoció a la ciencia. Materiales relacionados a las Ciencias Biológicas y a la Medicina y Salud fueron los más frecuentes, principalmente en las publicidades. Hubo una presencia reducida de la figura del científico: de todo el material analizado, solamente un 3,5% exhibía científicos, la mayoría extranjera. De los 38 investigadores presentes, sólo cinco eran mujeres. Palabras-clave: Cobertura acerca de ciencia. Televisión. Record TV.

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“…Based on a quantitative analysis of fifty-one randomly picked episodes from the first six seasons of CSI, Barbara Ley, Nathalie Jankowski and Paul R. Brewer have concluded that thirty-nine per cent of the episodes feature cases where DNA evidence is used to help solve the crime. 26 DNA evidence often figures as a kind of deus ex machina: it is the ultimate proof that forces the perpetrator to confess and swiftly removes any sense of confusion and doubt at the end of an episode. This narrative reliance on DNA evidence is not completely new.…”

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Televisual forensics on the edge of chaos: postgenomic complexity in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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Investigating CSI: Portrayals of DNA testing on a forensic crime show and their potential effects

Cited by 64 publications

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An integrated model of communication influence on beliefs

An integrated model of communication influence on beliefs

Ciência E Tv: Estudo Sobre a Programação Da Rede Record

Televisual forensics on the edge of chaos: postgenomic complexity in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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