The Thin Blurred Line: Reality Television and Policing
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Factual, fictional and factional representations of policing are, for a large proportion of the British public, the most significant source of information concerning law and order. In recent years there has been a blurring of the boundaries between these three media depictions of policing. The growth of faction or infotainment, through the hybridisation of factual programming, in particular, has significant implications for media constructed images of policing. This paper seeks to explore three aspects of such police depictions. Firstly, the construction of a police reality through reality television shows such as Police, Camera, Action! and the US show COPS in which police-media relations collude to produce a unified crime fighter image of policing. Secondly, the legal implications of using police and surveillance footage without suspects permission. In particular, the potential breaches of the Contempt of Court Act1981 and questions of breach of privacy under Human Rights Act 1998 and the common law. Thirdly, some theoretical perspectives are proposed on the use of surveillance footage. The CCTV footage in reality police shows suggest a further development of Foucault's account of panopticism as proposed by Lyon, Haggerty & Ericson and Armstrong among others. Matthiesen's work on the synopticon and the consequent impact on police accountability is also discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005