The Effects of United States Television Programs upon Canadian Beliefs about Legal Procedure

<jats:p> For some time, concern has been expressed by persons interested in legal communication about the effects of incidental learning from television programs upon the attitudes and beliefs people hold about the courtroom process. Television programs such as Perry Mason or Hawkins, which revolved around the activities of lawyers, presented a simplistic, often false, view of the legal process. Many persons feared that viewers learned false and harmful information about the legal process by watching these programs. </jats:p>