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16 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 429 (2005-2006)
The CSI Effect: Exposing the Media Myth

handle is hein.journals/frdipm16 and id is 439 raw text is: The CSI Effect: Exposing the Media Myth Dr. Kimberlianne Podlas* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 430 I. CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AND THE CSI EFFECT. 432 A. CREATING UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS AND INCREASING THE PROSECUTION'S BURDEN ........................................... 433 B. INFALLIBILITY OF SCIENCE ................................................ 437 C. INCREASING INTEREST IN FORENSIC SCIENCES ................... 442 II. THE INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION ............................................. 443 A. THEORY OF INFLUENCE ..................................................... 447 III. CONSTRUCTING A CSI EFFECT. .......................................... 451 IV. INVESTIGATING THE CSI EFFECT ........................................... 453 A . O VERVIEW ........................................................................ 453 B. INVESTIGATING CSI EPISODE CONTENT ............................. 453 C. INVESTIGATING INFLUENCE ON VIEWER VERDICTS ............. 454 1. Instrum ents .................................................................. 454 2. Criminal Law Scenario ............................................... 455 3. V erdict sheet ............................................................... 455 D . R ESULTS ........................................................................... 457 1. Television Exposure Measures ................................... 457 E. ANALYSIS OF VERDICTS ..................................................... 458 Assistant Professor of Media Law, Dept. of Broadcasting & Cinema, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Former Associate Appellate Counsel, The Legal Aid Society (Criminal Appeals Bureau); JD magna cum laude, SUNY Buffalo (1991); BS magna cum laude, SUNY Buffalo (1988).