Blue and Bloody: Examining the discursive role of the police procedural on television
Graduation Year
2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Sumita Pahwa
Reader 2
Mark Golub
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Abstract
An analysis of two police procedural television shows, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Blue Bloods, revealed that both television shows advance discursive frames that legitimize police and the institution of policing. This is done by the creation of political and moral themes that the target with which the audience is meant to identify. These shows present police misconduct (discrimination or violence) as either a problem of the past (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) or morally justified (Blue Bloods). This analysis attempts to shed light on the creation and distribution of pro-police ideals.
Recommended Citation
Olson, Indigo, "Blue and Bloody: Examining the discursive role of the police procedural on television" (2020). Scripps Senior Theses. 1419.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1419
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
