Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1998

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fejes, Fred A.

Abstract

The electronic media have a close and evolving relationship with the courtrooms and the courtroom proceedings of the United States. The issues that surround media coverage of court cases and the increasing use of videotaped material, as evidence is the focus of this thesis. The electronic media's interest in legal matters has opened a debate over the principles a free press and a fair trial. This work researches the history of cameras in the courtroom and discusses how trials have become a viable and profitable form of entertainment. It will cite cases and studies that provide evidence as to the negative and positive effects that cameras have on trial participants and discuss how those who work in the law field view this information. Using the historical background of cameras in the courtroom, and examining some recent cases that have been heavily publicized, this thesis will demonstrate how the relationship between the electronic media and the courtroom has become an on-going occurrence which has made them virtually inseparable.

Extent

78 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT15606

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