CSI Affective Essay: An Analysis Of 'The CSI Effect'
Running head: THE CSI EFFECT
The CSI Effect
Kelly Einan
Kaplan University
CM223
November 23, 2011
The CSI Effect
On a cold rainy day, I was flipping through my 800 channels, when I found a marathon. It was about 9:00am. We don’t have many of those days in Phoenix, Arizona. So I grabbed my grandmother’s quilt that she had worked so hard on, wrapped myself up, and brewed another cup of tea, with lemon and honey.
As I sat glued to my television set, morning grew to afternoon, then to sunset, and finally into evening. I was hooked. I found myself watching episode after episode of NCIS, and never thought that the “Miami Vice” guy from the 80’s could actually come back and really become an actual FBI agent! I also knew that I wanted to do whatever it …show more content…
Anything is possible in Hollywood, but I tried to find information on whether or not the information presented in the show was actually accurate. Through my research, I did not. Although I did find that there is an actual NCIS that does exist and they are doing episodes on the ID Channel of actual cases that happen, thirteen of them to be exact. So I feel in order to keep myself from falling into the NCIS effect, I will probably view those, just to be …show more content…
I think that we as people have made advancements in technology, and I believe that depending on the seriousness of a crime can place a higher regard on the forensic evidence that a juror might consider important. I also feel that eye witness testimony and fingerprints are especially important in criminal cases, as well as DNA to a large majority of people. But when it comes to bringing down verdicts, and the lives of people, I believe most of us can differentiate between reality and
The CSI Effect
Kelly Einan
Kaplan University
CM223
November 23, 2011
The CSI Effect
On a cold rainy day, I was flipping through my 800 channels, when I found a marathon. It was about 9:00am. We don’t have many of those days in Phoenix, Arizona. So I grabbed my grandmother’s quilt that she had worked so hard on, wrapped myself up, and brewed another cup of tea, with lemon and honey.
As I sat glued to my television set, morning grew to afternoon, then to sunset, and finally into evening. I was hooked. I found myself watching episode after episode of NCIS, and never thought that the “Miami Vice” guy from the 80’s could actually come back and really become an actual FBI agent! I also knew that I wanted to do whatever it …show more content…
Anything is possible in Hollywood, but I tried to find information on whether or not the information presented in the show was actually accurate. Through my research, I did not. Although I did find that there is an actual NCIS that does exist and they are doing episodes on the ID Channel of actual cases that happen, thirteen of them to be exact. So I feel in order to keep myself from falling into the NCIS effect, I will probably view those, just to be …show more content…
I think that we as people have made advancements in technology, and I believe that depending on the seriousness of a crime can place a higher regard on the forensic evidence that a juror might consider important. I also feel that eye witness testimony and fingerprints are especially important in criminal cases, as well as DNA to a large majority of people. But when it comes to bringing down verdicts, and the lives of people, I believe most of us can differentiate between reality and