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Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- True Crime, Documentary and Ethics -- How to Approach This Collection -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- 1. Beyond Entertainment: Podcasting and the Criminal Justice Reform "Niche -- Podcasting and True Crime -- The True Crime "Niche -- True Crime and Social Movement Theories -- Leveraging the Serial Effect for Real Change -- Undisclosed -- Truth and Justice (Serial Dynasty) -- Breakdown -- Up and Vanished -- In the Dark -- The Niche as a Movement: Theoretical Perspective -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 2. Chasing the Truth: Making a Murderer, Historical Narrativity and the Global Netflix Event -- Making a Murderer as Netflix Text: 'Quality' Television and Layered Meaning -- Making a Murderer as Netflix Event: Participatory New Media and Historical Narrativity -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. True Crime Adaptations and the Many Faces of the Atlanta Monster -- Case Files: Introduction to the ACM -- The Role of Genre and Conventions -- Who Is the "Atlanta Monster?": Narrative Rationality in Answering Hard-Boiled Questions -- Perspectives in Adaptations of the ACM -- Journalism: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Podcasting: Atlanta Monster -- Television: Mindhunter, Season 2 -- Detective's Notes: Lessons in Adaptation from Coverage of the Atlanta Monster -- References -- 4. True Crime, True Representation? Race and Injustice Narratives in Wrongful Conviction Podcasts -- Introduction -- Wrongful convictions -- Racializing crime news -- True crime podcasts -- Representation in wrongful conviction podcasts -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 5. Unresolved - Narrative Strategies in an Unsolved True Crime: Depictions of the JonBenét Ramsey killing.
In: Routledge research in cultural and media studies
In: Routledge research in cultural and media studies
"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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