When Law Goes Pop

When law goes pop!

1.Sherwin states the law is influenced by the media and vice versa, and that it has always affected media by know the media is affecting law to a great extend.

I agree with this because it is possible to see more people believing that what happens on Law and Order is what happens in the court room. With the line drawn more blurry in all forms of media of what is entertainment and what is facts, people have accepted television knowledge as good enough for them and this influences them in the courtroom.

2. He also makes a point about derealization of the trials, how they become a crazy media fiasco, where they are TV dramas made about real trials and movies that affect the courtroom.

I agree with this as well, when he talked about the case using Pulp Fiction as a method for persuading the jury or how the Buttafucco case became a TV show it shows how there is a disconnect between real-life and imaginary. When John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson play major roles in a trial through their movie, it is time to be concerned.

3. Sherwin talks about how we have become a visual society, where picture and movies that flash quickly can persuade us more than a well thought out argument.

Again I agree with this point, a flashy movie or a quick but striking picture can influence us more than a well thought out speech full of rhetoric. Similar to how Socrates thought people should try to take fancy and just state the fact, Sherwin makes the point that speech has lost its place in the court room, where the new forms of media have become king.