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Discuss The Changing Representation Of The Police In British Crime Series And Police Dramas According to the definition the Oxford School Dictionary, represent means "1) to show a person or thing in a picture or play etc. 2) to symbolize, stand for, 3) be an example or equivalent of something;" whereas representative is defined as "a person or thing that represents another or others". In this essay, I shall relate the definitions to various examples of police shows from the history of the police genre, and how they represent real police to us as an audience. All media texts are constructed to make us think a certain way about any given subject and to convey certain views and opinions. We, as an audience, are expected to suspend our disbelief and believe that the actors are real policemen and women. For example if a police officer on TV breaks the rules we...

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