Portrayal of African Americans in the Media: An Examination of Law and Order
Shannon T. Isaacs, McNair Scholar The Pennsylvania State University McNair Faculty Research Advisor: Julie Horney, Ph.D. Professor, Crime, Law and Justice Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University all conducted a research on the Portrayal of African Americans in the Media: An Examination of Law and Order. Law and order and several other crime tv shows a blend between reality and fictional television, the acts in the show are not impossible like flying in the sky so the events that occur in the tv series can very well happen anywhere in the world. Law and order was chosen because of its content and viewers. The show