This assignment is about analyzing crime drama. Paper details Term Paper Description The term paper gives you the opportunity to report mainstream crime portrayals as compared to actual crime in the United States.

Analyzing crime drama.

Paper details Term Paper Description The term paper gives you the opportunity to report mainstream crime portrayals as compared to actual crime in the United States. Moreover, it gives you a chance to evaluate the accuracy of media crime representations as well as apply methods, concepts, ideas, and theories that you have been learning throughout the course. As you saw during Week 3, content analysis is the scientific method of analyzing content by measuring particular aspects of social phenomena. In this term paper, you will analyze the crime trends and themes in one fictional crime drama TV series (e.g., Law and Order) of your choice.

Analyzing crime drama.

You will do soby conducting a content analysis of at least three episodes (of your choice)from the fictional crime drama TV series you chose. Although this paper is due at the end of the semester, you will need to and should work on it throughout the semester to complete all the components. The term paper requires you to (1) finish prerequisite tasks and (2) engage course materials from the semester’s different weeks. While your exams are non-cumulative, viewthe term paper as the cumulative course experience that will connect what you have been learning. Term Paper Instructions PART 1 Conduct Content Analysis(20points)

Analyzing crime drama.

1.Pick: one fictional crime drama TV series(e.g., Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, CSI, Criminal Minds, etc.).If you are not sure whether as how is appropriate, ask Professor Shigihara.2.Choose: three episodes from the TV series you chose. On your content analysis guides and in your papers, you needto write the season, number, and title of each episode for your professor’s reference.3.Conduct: content analysis with the professor provided content analysis guides (one for independent variables and one for dependent variables) for each of the three episodes. It is strongly suggested that you watch the three episodes a few times and pause to take notes as you analyze them(so that you do not miss anything).

Analyzing crime drama.

As you do this, fill the content analysis guides. You must turn in the completed content analysis guides with your term paper for your paper to be graded. PART 2 Write Term Paper(80points)Although you need to write about all of the following numbered points in your term paper, do not number your answers; you need to write in formal-essay form with headings and paragraphs. Address all of the following in6-10pages—not including the Reference Page or the completed Content Analysis Guides (i.e., Appendix A and Appendix B) at the end of the paper). 1.The Show: Describe the fictional crime drama TV series that you chose to analyze. https://youtu.be/YoL8udXnzoU

Analyzing crime drama.

What is the title of the show? What season(s) did you watch? What episodes did you watch and what were their main plots, crimes, and criminal investigation results? Who are the show’s main/recurring characters, if any? What main law enforcement agency is involved, ifany? What is the show’s main location, if any? What level of crime does the show investigate (i.e., federal, state, criminal, civil, etc.)? And, address anything else you think is relevant for the description of the show. Do NOT falsify watching the episodes by using IMDb, Netflix, Wikipedia, or other media source descriptions! Watch the episodes! There are a number of ways to gain access to the episodes (i.e., reruns on TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc.).

Analyzing crime drama.

2.The Measurement: Detail and analyze the portrayals and representations of crime trends and themes in the fictional crime drama TV series. a. Measure, count, and report all the major demographic trends and themes(independent variables) in the episodes. To the best of your ability, based on the course materials from the semester, discuss the real-world accuracy of these trends and themes. For instance, are all perpetrators convicted of crimes women? Does this reflect reality? Explain and critically analyze all the findings and what they mean.

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