Theorys

Audience
The Uses and Gratifications Theory:
- Information, Entertainment, Identity and Relationships

Hyperdermic needle theory:
- people could be tricked into copying crimes
- you are injected with the information of the show and believe that it is real

Narrative

Propp:
- character types e.g. hero, princess, villain, donor, dispatcher, helper etc.
-complex relationships but still fit the stereotypes
-derived from studying fairy-tales

Todorov:
- equilibrium    when the crime happens (Normality for police men)
- disruption     false evidence
- resolution     Luther 1 - alice gets away but Luther knows it's her
                      In CSI:Miami, the crime gets solved and the criminal found

Levi Straus:
- binary opposites e.g. law vs criminal, popular vs unpopular

Barthes:
- all narratives have an enigma (puzzle/question which the audience ask themsselves)