This book explores contemporary American true crime narratives across various media formats. It dissects the popularity of true crime and the effects, both positive and negative, this popularity has on perceptions of crime and the justice system in contemporary America.
As a collection of new scholarship on the development, scope, and character of true crime in twenty-first century American media, analyses stretch across film, streaming/broadcast TV, podcasts, and novels to explore the variety of ways true crime pervades modern culture. The reader is guided through a series of interconnected topics, starting with an examination of the contemporary success of true crime, the platforms involved, the narrative structures and engagement with audiences, moving on to debates on representation and the ethics involved in portraying both victims and perpetrators of crime within the genre.
This collection provides new critical work on American true crime media for all interested readers, and especially scholars and students in the humanities and social sciences. It offers a significant area of research in social sciences, criminology, media, and English Literature academic disciplines.
| ISBN: | 9781032126678 |
| Publication date: | 28th November 2024 |
| Author: | George S LarkeWalsh |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Genres: |
Documentary films Popular culture Media studies: TV and society News media and journalism Gender studies, gender groups Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills Television Communication studies Sociology Crime and criminology |
This book explores contemporary American true crime narratives across various media formats. It dissects the popularity of true crime and the effects, both positive and negative, this popularity has on perceptions of crime and the justice system in contemporary America.
As a collection of new scholarship on the development, scope, and character of true crime in twenty-first century American media, analyses stretch across film, streaming/broadcast TV, podcasts, and novels to explore the variety of ways true crime pervades modern culture. The reader is guided through a series of interconnected topics, starting with an examination of the contemporary success of true crime, the platforms involved, the narrative structures and engagement with audiences, moving on to debates on representation and the ethics involved in portraying both victims and perpetrators of crime within the genre.
This collection provides new critical work on American true crime media for all interested readers, and especially scholars and students in the humanities and social sciences. It offers a significant area of research in social sciences, criminology, media, and English Literature academic disciplines.
True Crime in American Media features in the following genres: Documentary films, Popular culture, Media studies: TV and society, News media and journalism, Gender studies, gender groups, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Television, Communication studies, Sociology, Crime and criminology
True Crime in American Media is available in Paperback, Hardback
True Crime in American Media was written by George S LarkeWalsh and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
True Crime in American Media has 200 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies series
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