<p>Abstract</p><p>Title: The Construction of Science in Television Crime Shows – a Critical Discourse Analysis of CSI and Bones (Om konstruktionen av vetenskap i kriminalserier på TV – en kritisk diskursanalys av CSI och Bones).</p><p>Number of pages: 45 (50 including enclosures)</p><p>Author: Lovisa Sandberg</p><p>Tutor: Amelie Hössjer</p><p>Course: Media and Communications Studies D</p><p>Period: Spring 2006</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University</p><p>Purpose/Aim: The aim was to explore the construction of science in the television crime shows CSI and Bones.</p><p>Material/Method: The method used is critical discourse analysis based on the thoughts of Norman Fairclough. The analysis includes three episodes of CSI and three episodes of Bones,broadcast from between the 10th and 25th of April, in 2006 on Swedish television.</p><p>Main results: The scientists in CSI and Bones are constructed as rational and calm; they are mainly concerned with finding the truth. On the surface, the truth is objective and reachable, although, in these TV-shows all observations are theory laden.</p><p>Keywords: CSI, Bones, crime shows, television, science, discourse analysis.</p>

Abstract Title: The Construction of Science in Television Crime Shows – a Critical Discourse Analysis of CSI and Bones (Om konstruktionen av vetenskap i kriminalserier på TV – en kritisk diskursanalys av CSI och Bones). Number of pages: 45 (50 including enclosures) Author: Lovisa Sandberg Tutor: Amelie Hössjer Course: Media and Communications Studies D Period: Spring 2006 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University Purpose/Aim: The aim was to explore the construction of science in the television crime shows CSI and Bones. Material/Method: The method used is critical discourse analysis based on the thoughts of Norman Fairclough. The analysis includes three episodes of CSI and three episodes of Bones,broadcast from between the 10th and 25th of April, in 2006 on Swedish television. Main results: The scientists in CSI and Bones are constructed as rational and calm; they are mainly concerned with finding the truth. On the surface, the truth is objective and reachable, although, in these TV-shows all observations are theory laden. Keywords: CSI, Bones, crime shows, television, science, discourse analysis.

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 17, 2009). Directed by Gwen Hunnicutt; submitted to the Dept. of Sociology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-66).