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True Crime in American Media

Larke-Walsh, George S. (2023) True Crime in American Media. Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies . Routledge, London. ISBN 9781032123479

Item Type: Book

Abstract

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.

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More Information

Depositing User: George Larke-Walsh

Identifiers

Item ID: 16742
ISBN: 9781032123479
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16742
Official URL: https://www.routledge.com/True-Crime-in-American-M...

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for George S. Larke-Walsh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2255-144X

Catalogue record

Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2023 09:14
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023 09:14

Contributors

Author: George S. Larke-Walsh ORCID iD

University Divisions

Institute of Arts and Creative Industries > Media and Cultural Studies Workstream

Subjects

Media > Cinema and Film
Media > Film
Media > Media and Cultural Studies
Media > Radio
Media > Television
Media

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