What sort of information would you want to see or know about to more effectively assess whether Cops and Live PD are true reflections of policing and what happens or the information in these 6 podcasts more accurately reflects objective facts?
The creator of the six podcast series “Running from Cops” deconstructs the images or the traditional “take aways” from programs such as Cops and PD Live about what policing is like and what police officers do. To deconstruct something means to take it apart and question closely the assumptions and values upon which it is based. Also, to deconstruct something is to attempt to substitute the original images and “take always” with alternative images and “take aways.”1. Expain how the creator of the 6 podcasts deconstructs the reality created by shows such as Cops and Live PD. What aspects of Cops and Live PD does the creator of the podcasts challenge? In what ways does the creator of the podcasts challenge Cops and Live PD?2. An alternative approach or interpretation is that the creator of the 6 podcasts has attempted to construct a reality (through his examination of these reality-based shows) that is not in accord with objective facts. What sort of information would you want to see or know about to more effectively assess whether Cops and Live PD are true reflections of policing and what happens or the information in these 6 podcasts more accurately reflects objective facts?
