TY - JOUR

T1 - Legal series and legal careers

T2 - Investigating relationships between watching the legal drama Suits and law school enrollment

AU - Kinast, Jochen

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - The paper investigates whether watching legal series leads to law school enroll- ment. First, the study analyses if series consumption is related to enrolling at law school. This is achieved by analyzing data of 1,353 students from Münster, Germany. Hence, lo- gistic regressions are conducted. Thereafter, the odds ratios of studying law are compared for the periods before and after the first broadcasting of the series Suits. Results suggest that watching legal series is highly significantly related to studying law. Moreover, findings indicate that the broadcasting of Suits is followed by a rise in application and enrollment numbers at Münster Law School.

AB - The paper investigates whether watching legal series leads to law school enroll- ment. First, the study analyses if series consumption is related to enrolling at law school. This is achieved by analyzing data of 1,353 students from Münster, Germany. Hence, lo- gistic regressions are conducted. Thereafter, the odds ratios of studying law are compared for the periods before and after the first broadcasting of the series Suits. Results suggest that watching legal series is highly significantly related to studying law. Moreover, findings indicate that the broadcasting of Suits is followed by a rise in application and enrollment numbers at Münster Law School.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Media Effects

KW - Cultivation Theory

KW - Series

KW - Streaming

KW - Suits

U2 - 10.5771/2192-4007-2023-2-3-183

DO - 10.5771/2192-4007-2023-2-3-183

M3 - Journal article

VL - 12

SP - 183

EP - 205

JO - Studies in Communication and Media

JF - Studies in Communication and Media

SN - 2192-4007

IS - 2-3

ER -