Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1994. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [250]-264).

The purpose of this thesis was to determine the tv-show Efterlyst’s (Wanted)effects on viewers when it comes to how crime, criminals and victims are portrayed in the show. In order to achieve the purpose of our the study, both  quantitative and  qualitative approaches were used We compared the image Efterlyst gives of crime, criminals and victims to statistical information from The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention and The Central Bureau of Statistiscs. By using focus-groups we also studied how Efterlyst portrays, in the season of 2009, and how it may have affected its viewers. Our conclusion was that there are important differences between how Efterlyst portrays crime and the image of crime the statistics gives. Our study also supports the idea that viewers can be affected by how Efterlyst reports about crime; they can get disorted understandings about crime and be influenced in such way that they feel unjustified  fear from watching Efterlyst – a substantial reduction in their quality of life

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-135). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

By 1960, television advertisers recognized the economic potential of American youth, and producers were expected to develop programs to attract them, while still maintaining appeal for the older audience members. This task was to prove difficult as the decade wore on. While continuing to link the nation's cold war concerns to the portrayal of good and evil, some shows, like 77 Sunset Strip, and The Mod Squad, explored alternative lifestyles, but still accepted American values. As the 1960s developed, crime programs continued to promote American hegemony but became increasingly more open to alternative reading strategies. This study examines the strategies developed to draw a youth audience to 1960s crime programs, while also supporting the dominant ideology of American society.

The master thesis is dealing with crime series Malý pitaval z velkého města a Případy 1. oddělení, their analysis and their mutual comparison. It is focused mainly on the plot construction, choice of illustrated criminal offenses, representation of criminalist's work, and characteristics of the environment and main characters. The aim is also to get to know how Czechoslovakian and Czech crime series have changed over the years. It explores a reaction of chosen media around the premiere of the series and audience reviews on the internet website csfd.cz. In case of Malý pitaval z velkého města it focuses on media reaction during the reruns after the year 2000. The theoretical part introduces the main principles of television, mainly seriality, television crime drama as a genre, and summarizes the development of television series in the Czech environment and the formation of crimes series.