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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Only the names have been changed
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Dragnet, the police procedural, and postwar culture
Contains:
Introduction. Dragnet and the police procedural -- "Our neo-realism" : The Hollywood semi-documentary cycle -- Silence, not sirens : Dragnet's aural realism -- Saturation and citizenship : Dragnet on television and in culture -- Professionalization and public relations : Dragnet and the LAPD -- Epilogue. "One of us".
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
In English
Description:
"A study of the early, paradigmatic police procedural "Dragnet" (radio, TV, and film), showing how the narrative emphasized the need for a civil, democratic society and implied that order could be maintained by citizens' cooperation with police. The book includes discussions of the program's media convergence; the relationship between producers and the real-life LAPD, who advised, provided story ideas, reviewed scripts, and served as on-set technical advisors and who benefited as a result of this positive association with the beloved program; the show's role in the development of the police procedural; and current calls for police reform among accusations that the genre has not accurately reflected all communities' experiences with the police and that it has helped audiences turn a blind eye toward police abuses"--