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  “It’s Our Job to Know Stuff”: The Epistemology of CSI

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  July 30, 2007

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  “It’s Our Job to Know Stuff”: The Epistemology of CSI subjectivity science epistemology empiricism CSI computer simulation Curator's Note This compilation of brief clips begins with a paradigmatic scene from episode 101 of CSI, "Cool Change,&quo ...
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  What Happens in Vegas

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  July 31, 2007

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  What Happens in Vegas CSI on location cultural geography Las Vegas space/place crime drama Curator's Note Television settings tend to be generic “spaces,” rather than “places.” Like the city of popular imagination, however, CSI ’s Las Vegas is a cruc ...
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  Double Voyeurism in CSI Las Vegas: The Scientist under the Microscope

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  Eva White Indiana University Kokomo

  August 01, 2007

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  Double Voyeurism in CSI Las Vegas: The Scientist under the Microscope science CSI technophelia voyeurism Curator's Note As personifications of science, the ultimate voyeur, the CSIs in Las Vegas use its superhuman eyes and technological gaze to penet ...
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  CSI’s State of Denial

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  Chad Harriss Alfred University

  August 02, 2007

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  Runs Through It," Grissom makes his oft-repeated denial by saying that he is not a police officer ...
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  The Painful Pleasures of CSI: Miami

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  August 03, 2007

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  The Painful Pleasures of CSI: Miami affect fandom formula masochism CSI mashup anti-fandom David Caruso Miami ritual Roger Daltrey Curator's Note I find myself unable to stomach CSI: Miami 's combination of fetishized gore, glossy decor, and Dav ...
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  “Looking for things, analyzing them, trying to figure out the world”: Professional expertise and authority in the TV police procedural

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  Steven Cohan Syracuse University

  March 08, 2010

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  “Looking for things, analyzing them, trying to figure out the world”: Professional expertise and authority in the TV police procedural procedurals intellectuals expertise CSI Curator's Note The final chapter of my book, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ...
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  Professional Lives

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  March 12, 2010

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  format. While episodes meticulously focus on the details of their work, we learn how these Las Vegas ...