{"product_id":"law-and-the-media-lieve-gies-9781845681012","title":"Law and the Media: The Future of an Uneasy Relationship","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroducing readers to the study of law, media and popular culture, this text, using three original case studies, re-examines the assumptions underpinning existing research and suggests alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that the study of law, media and popular culture should be embedded in the sociology of everyday life, the author focuses on four specific topics, in which there is scope for further development. These are the facts that: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe current literature in this field predominantly focuses on crime, neglecting the way the media portrays less spectacular, more run-of-the-mill legal topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efiction, primarily, has captured scholars' attention, with remarkably less being paid to representations of law, other than crime, in factual media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003etextual analysis continues to be the preferred method in the study of law and the media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe literature is dominated by a fear of corrosive media effects, while the potential of the media and popular culture to improve public legal knowledge, facilitate access to justice and promote legal change remains largely undocumented.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the often uneasy relationship between law and popular culture from specific socio-legal perspectives, including systems theory, semiotics of law and legal pluralism, this book is an essential read for those studying and researching in this area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lieve Gies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845681010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845681012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Cavendish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.39w x 0.75d","brand":"Lieve Gies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065850147071,"sku":"9781845681012","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc1cee4-56bf-4294-9d6a-6243070acf0b.jpg?v=1768677657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/law-and-the-media-lieve-gies-9781845681012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}