The producers of 24 utilize American paranoia to the show’s advantage and have subsequently changed the nation’s perception of the word interrogation, its meaning, use, and popularity. Ever since the tragedy of September 11 attacks, The American public has become aware that the United States is no longer invulnerable to terrorist attacks. Nowadays, people think that interrogation and torture are the same because 24 imposed on viewers the idea that torture is the most effective type of interrogation. According to the Human Rights First, less than four acts of torture appeared on prime-time television each year prior to the September 11 attacks. Since then, more than a hundred of torture scenes had aired annually. The increasing frequency of
