Crime and criminal law have always been a sensitive topic for people; criminal law deals with issues such as morality, authority, fairness and integrity – all aspects about which the public may have strong beliefs; strong but suggestible. It is well known that finance, media, education and law are fundamental to a society – two of them are also intrinsically linked across society: media and law. The media influences society's perspective and values ​​which, in turn, shape the law. What is little known, perhaps, is the depth of control the media exerts over society: it influences through language, the staging of criminal cases in popular media, and through subtle and indirect means such as presentation. Of course, this level of influence on the public is reflected in society's values ​​and beliefs on a general scale. To begin with, you need to realize that there are no different means of communication. Multiple channels are owned by the same company, and these companies, in turn, are subsidiaries of a parent company. Popular media today is controlled by just five major corporations: Time Warner, Disney, News Corporation, Viacom and Bertelsmann – which owns the majority of English-language publishing houses. Inevitably, biases will be present; but the lack of exposure to other, lesser-known sources that might counterbalance these biases causes a shift in public opinion, which is largely controlled by the popular media. One of the most powerful ways people are influenced is through language. Positive or negative connotations and repetitive use of specific terminology bring out certain emotions or leave messages in the subconscious mind. They can be referred to as key words, think, for example, of words like... middle of paper... Modern criminal jury trials." Last modified 3, 11, 2009. Accessed 11 May 2012 http:/ /www.luc.edu/law/activities/publications/lljdocs/vol41_no1/pdfs/lawson_verdict.pdf.Media Awareness Network, “How to Detect Bias in the News,” consulted on May 11, 2012. http://. /www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/broadcast_news/bw_bias_in_the_news.cfm.OwenSpencer-Thomas, “News Values,” accessed May 11, 2012. http://www.owenspencer-thomas.com/. journalism/newsvalues.Powell, Betsy and Peter Small. “Jurors warned to avoid CSI effect lure,” The Toronto Star, March 10, 2008. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/326798- -jurors-warned-to-avoid-lure -of-csi-effect (accessed May 11, 2012). Wordpress, “Law & Order: Beneficial or Harmful to the U.S. Legal System Last modified February 7,2012.” May 11, 2012. http://lawmindscience.wordpress.com/2011/02