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issues of media theory that could apply more widely in courtroom practice.
Our example has not been studied as an empirical case study and it is possible
that surveys or questionnaires could reveal some quite extraneous explanation,
about the personalities or social background of individual students. However,
this small, confused issue can become theoretically clarified in a useful line of
inquiry about the role and place of video in legal literacy and practice, and
about appropriate genres and style that could comprehend, if not transform,
conventional courtroom practice in a televisual age.

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