Courting the media : contemporary perspectives on media and law / Geoffrey Sykes, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sykes, Geoffrey.

Series:

Media and communications.

Media and communications : technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of court proceedings.

Law in mass media.

Mass media and crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Hauppauge, N.Y.] : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This special anthology of papers investigates the relationship of contemporary mass and communicative media, and legal practice, decision making and regulation. The volume has two main areas: representations of law events in mass media, and use of digital and video media in legal practice.

Contents:

Introduction : "mediating mediation"

Mediated forensic : from classroom to courtroom / Shaeda Isani and Geoffrey Sykes

The man in the gallery with the writing on his face : depictions of the audience at the Diana Inquest / Graham White

The Fate of the iconic sign : taser video / Christina Speisel

The mechanical eye : looking, seeing, photographing, publishing / David Rolph

"Your words against mine" : states of exception in popular legal culture / Per-Anders Forstorp

Media as mathematics : calculating justice / Geoffrey Sykes

Indiana Jones and the illicit trafficking and repatriation of cultural objects / Shea Esterling.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61728-634-6

OCLC:

676698385