Forensic Communication: Application of Communication Research to Courtroom Litigation (Communication and Law)

In this volume, recognized scholars discuss ways they have applied communication research to court cases as an expert witness or consultant in such areas a sjury selection, pretirial publicity, sexual consent, warning adequacy, hindsight bias, jury decision making, document authroship identification, graphics and simulations and several others. For attorneys, the volume may provide an introduction to ways that communication scholarship can inform their future cases. For communication scholars-both established and up and coming-it may suggest ways to offer expertise as an expert witness or consultant. For casual and serious students of communication it will provide a look into one of the ost fascinating applications of our scholarship