Wednesday, 9 April 2008

Hypothesis

Steer clear of "the media is to blame for" stuff - you won't prove anything as the underlying assumptions about behaviour and the media's role in it are too simplistic (hypodermic syringe theory).

Instead:

Why is our culture so keen on fictional crime narratives?

This would be interesting and allow you to develop it in a ragne of ways, after you have done some background reading.

Key academic texts are three chapters on crime series which I will give you.

New Tricks
Silent Witness
Dexter
The Bill

Sean

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