Perceived realism and the CSI-effect

Ewanation, Logan; Yamamoto, Susan; Monnink, Jordan; Maeder, Evelyn M.

doi:10.1080/23311886.2017.1294446

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“…The first interview question was based on a latent finding uncovered in the earlier study which invovled the phenonemon refered to as the 'CSI Effect', which essentially involves crime shows on television negatively influencing decisions of jury members in real life (Hayes & Levett, 2013;Houck, 2006;Kruse, 2010;Mancini, 2013;and Shelton, 2008). More often than not, when presented with DNA or fingerprint evidence, research has found that jurors are more likely to convict a defendant (Ewanation et al, 2017).…”

Section: Long-term-knowledge Retention: Csi Effectmentioning

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Gauging Long-Term Knowledge Retention of Forensic Science: A Follow-Up Study of College Students Who Participated in a Crime Scene Simulation

Byrne

2022

JSSR

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This is a long-term follow-up to a prior study which found that simulations enhance knowledge retention of undergraduate students who had participated in a mock crime scene. Employing the qualitative method, three participants from the original research were interviewed 1- to 3-years later and asked a series of questions relating to their coursework on forensic science. Findings revealed that long-term knowledge of the major theories relating to the subject domain remained stable over time. It was only the responses to questions regarding specific terminology that presented a gradual decline which is consistent with the decay of semantic memory. Furthermore, each of the subjects were able to recall exactly when during the mock crime scene that they experienced or solved the interview question posited. The ability to trace back and pinpoint the task that prompted the learning and reinforcement of the concept is aligned with episodical memory. Overall, the results indicated that classroom simulations improve long-term knowledge retention of forensic science students.

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Section: Long-term-knowledge Retention: Csi Effectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gauging Long-Term Knowledge Retention of Forensic Science: A Follow-Up Study of College Students Who Participated in a Crime Scene Simulation

Byrne

2022

JSSR

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“…One might fairly characterize the show as a forerunner in conditioning societies making them more desensitized to surveillance. To date, a robust body of scholarship chronicles the multifaceted influence of the forensic drama series on the criminal justice system and juror expectations (labeled the CSI effect) from cultural, political, and criminological vantage points (Allen, 2007; Brewer and Ley, 2010; Ewanation et al, 2017; Kim et al, 2009; Marsh and Melville, 2009; Podlas, 2006; Vicary and Zaikman, 2017). In parallel, forensic evidence has been examined in emergent, interdisciplinary scholarship, particularly in the science and technology studies (STS) tradition (Felt et al, 2017).…”

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Theorizing the forensic gaze and the CSI shot in the multimodal ensemble of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002–2015)

Elyamany

2021

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( (2002–2015) CBS, Alliance Atlantis Communications, CBS Paramount Network Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television.) marks a paradigm shift in the post-9/11 forensic visual culture, ostensibly presenting physical evidence as a system of surveillance and control; the team of criminalists as ideologically complicit with state power; and high-tech forensic gadgetry as infallible and conducive to the culprit. In the melodramatic narrative strands, sophisticated plotlines, and spectacular performances of forensic science, CSI heavily rests on a novel and meticulously elaborated aesthetics that redefines the conception of gaze and camera shot in the weaving of episodes across the different seasons. A more nuanced comprehension of CSI’s visual forensic discourse is, therefore, necessitated to fully understand the cultural significance of these offerings. To this end, extending the work of Kress and Van Leuween on the systems of gaze and social distance in light of the Foucauldian and post-panoptic views on power and control, the article introduces fine-grained taxonomies of the forensic gaze and camera shot as fundamental aesthetics closely tied to post-9/11 extensive surveillance discourse. Resituating CSI in the broader context of the post-panopticon, the study argues that the drama series operates in a hybrid surveillance mode that surpasses conventional readings of panopticism, straddling the line between the physical and the digital in the contemporary age.

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The Jury in Canada

Comiskey¹

2021

Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts

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Perceived realism and the CSI-effect

Cited by 4 publications

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Gauging Long-Term Knowledge Retention of Forensic Science: A Follow-Up Study of College Students Who Participated in a Crime Scene Simulation

Gauging Long-Term Knowledge Retention of Forensic Science: A Follow-Up Study of College Students Who Participated in a Crime Scene Simulation

Theorizing the forensic gaze and the CSI shot in the multimodal ensemble of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002–2015)

The Jury in Canada

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