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Book Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media

Download or read book Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media written by Maria Mellins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the recent surge in true crime by critically exploring how murder and violence are represented in documentaries, films, podcasts, museums, novels and in the press, and the effects. From a range of contributors, it touches on a wide variety of topics overall and illustrates how examining true crime across the changing popular media landscape can contribute to important debates in contemporary culture and society. It encourages a critical eye towards understanding the harmful stereotypes, myths and misinformation that popular media can bring. Arranged into four sections, including: true crime trials, representations of victims, the consumption of serial killer narratives, and true crime spaces, each chapter explores different themes and topics across traditional and newer media. These topics include: emotion and appeals for justice in Making a Murderer, #MeToo and misogyny in crime narratives, true crime journalism being exploitative, the ethics of consuming dark tourism and the appetite for true crime, live streamed murder, and the ways in which true murder accounts might lend insight into other types of crime such as domestic violence and stalking. This book stimulates discussion on undergraduate courses in crime, media and culture as well as in film and media studies, and it also speaks to those with a general interest in true crime.

Book Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media

Download or read book Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media written by Maria Mellins and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the recent surge in true crime by critically exploring how murder and violence are represented in documentaries, films, podcasts, museums, novels and in the press, and the effects. From a range of contributors, it touches on a wide variety of topics overall and illustrates how examining true crime across the changing popular media landscape can contribute to important debates in contemporary culture and society. It encourages a critical eye towards understanding the harmful stereotypes, myths and misinformation that popular media can bring. Arranged around four sections, including: true crime trials, representations of victims, the consumption of serial killer narratives, and true crime spaces, each chapter explores different themes and topics across traditional and newer media. These topics include: emotion and appeals for justice in Making a Murderer, #MeToo and misogyny in crime narratives, true crime journalism being exploitative, the ethics of consuming dark tourism and the appetite for true crime, live streamed murder, and the ways in which true murder accounts might lend insight into other types of crime such as domestic violence and stalking. This book stimulates discussion on courses in crime, media and culture as well as in film and media studies, and it also speaks to those with a general interest in true crime.

Book True Crime and Women

Download or read book True Crime and Women written by Lili Pâquet and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing new research from true crime writers, scholars, and media practitioners around the world, this book offers fresh perspectives on how women read, write, and are portrayed in true crime stories across different platforms, including documentaries, podcasts, and TikToks. The genre of true crime is flourishing, and it is overwhelmingly consumed by women. Despite this, there is much we do not know about how women consume true crime and are represented in true crime stories of various kinds. This edited volume helps to fill this gap in our knowledge. Across ten chapters and using a variety of study methods, including creative practice, interviews, surveys, archival research, and case studies, the book reveals the multifaceted ways that true crime matters to women and suggests areas of future research. It also offers new insights on a diverse range of topics, such as racial identities, fraudsters, activism, victimisation, and deviance, as well as highlighting major cases from past to present which have influenced criminal justice responses. True Crime and Women is intended for researchers and students of criminology, literary studies, gender studies, media and journalism studies, and rhetorical studies, as well as media practitioners and writers.

Book True Crime in American Media

Download or read book True Crime in American Media written by George S. Larke-Walsh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Routledge Companion to Gender  Media and Violence

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Gender Media and Violence written by Karen Boyle and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the heated discussion around #MeToo, journalistic reporting on domestic abuse, and the popularity of true crime documentaries, gendered media discourse around violence and harassment has never been more prominent. The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this important subject and is the first collection on media and violence to take a gendered, intersectional approach. Comprising over 50 chapters by a team of interdisciplinary and international contributors, the book is structured around the following parts: News Representing reality Gender-based violence online Feminist responses The media examples examined range from Australia to Zimbabwe and span print and online news, documentary film and television, podcasts, pornography, memoir, comedy, memes, influencer videos, and digital feminist protest. Types of violence considered include domestic abuse, "honour"-based violence, sexual violence and harassment, female genital mutilation/cutting, child sexual abuse, transphobic violence, and the aftermath of conflict. Good practice is considered in relation to both responsible news reporting and pedagogy. The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence is essential reading for students and researchers in Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, and Criminology.

Book Exploring Niche Tourism Business Models  Marketing  and Consumer Experience

Download or read book Exploring Niche Tourism Business Models Marketing and Consumer Experience written by Rodrigues, Maria Antónia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from mass tourism to niche tourism has been a slow process. It is clear that mass tourism can damage local culture, authenticity, and resources, and niche tourism is considerably important for the future of tourism companies and destination managers. Thus, it is essential for tourism companies and destination managers to be proactive and adapt to market changes and challenges to hold a stronger position in the business environment in the future. Exploring Niche Tourism Business Models, Marketing, and Consumer Experience provides relevant theoretical and empirical research findings, an innovative and multifaceted perspective of the niche tourist experience, and an understanding of how companies adopt business models based on sustainable paradigms and innovative technologies as a way to create value. Covering topics such as business models, rural tourism, and visitor experience, this premier reference source is an essential resource for marketing managers, product developers, niche tourism executives, marketing and tourism students, business professionals, researchers, and academicians.

Book Sentencing and Punishment

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emeritus Professor of Law Susan Easton
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2022-12-22
  • ISBN : 0192863290
  • Pages : 593 pages

Download or read book Sentencing and Punishment written by Emeritus Professor of Law Susan Easton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the theory behind the headlines and engaging with current debates, this new edition provides thoughtful, impartial, and unbiased coverage of sentencing and punishment in the UK. Collectively, Susan Easton and Christine Piper are highly experienced teachers and researchers in this field, making them perfectly placed to deliver this lively account of a highly dynamic subject area. The book takes a thorough and systematic approach to sentencing and punishment, examining key topics from legal, philosophical, and practical perspectives. Offering in-depth and detailed coverage, while remaining clear and succinct, the authors deliver a balanced approach to the subject. Chapter summaries, discussion questions, and case studies help students to engage with the subject, apply their knowledge, and reflect upon debates. Fully reworked and restructured, this fifth edition has been updated to include developments such as the Sentencing Act 2020 and changes following the 2019 general election. This is the essential guide for anyone studying sentencing and punishment as part of a law or criminology course.

Book Young People  Stalking Awareness and Domestic Abuse

Download or read book Young People Stalking Awareness and Domestic Abuse written by Maria Mellins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses domestic abuse and stalking among young people in the UK and Ireland, with a focus on intersectionality and lifestyle settings. In partnership with the Alice Ruggles Trust, this book draws on a wealth of expert contributions including those with lived experience, frontline services such as Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service, charities EmilyTest and Hollie Gazzard Trust, researchers of so-called honour-based abuse and online harms, and forensic psychologists who work with people who stalk. It begins with an overview of ways to recognise harmful behaviours, including those carried out online. The discussion then moves on to methods and motivations of stalking and coercive control and the various lifestyle contexts including education environments, young people in the workplace, and the role of the police and frontline support services in tackling these issues. It is a vital resource for undergraduate students across criminology, sociology, law, psychology, education, social justice, policing, and forensic psychology, as well as a combination of academic researchers and professionals working within stalking and domestic abuse support and prevention. This action-orientated book also includes 'Key Points' and ‘Discussion Questions’ in each chapter to direct student learning in the classroom and to create discussion points for wider readers.

Book Social Media Homicide Confessions

Download or read book Social Media Homicide Confessions written by Elizabeth Yardley and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between crime and social media has become an increasingly important topic in a networked world. However, the use of social media in relation to violent crime is little understood. This unique book, by an expert in the field, addresses this gap by analysing what those involved in homicide do with social media. Using three international cases in which perpetrators confessed to homicide on social media, it investigates the practices of those involved, providing a groundbreaking conceptual framework of use to criminologists. It argues that such confessions convey important insights not only into the individual offender but also the social and cultural context of contemporary homicide.

Book You re Dead   So What

Download or read book You re Dead So What written by Cheryl L. Neely and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though numerous studies have been conducted regarding perceived racial bias in newspaper reporting of violent crimes, few studies have focused on the intersections of race and gender in determining the extent and prominence of this coverage, and more specifically how the lack of attention to violence against women of color reinforces their invisibility in the social structure. This book provides an empirical study of media and law enforcement bias in reporting and investigating homicides of African American women compared with their white counterparts. The author discusses the symbiotic relationship between media coverage and the response from law enforcement to victims of color, particularly when these victims are reported missing and presumed to be in danger by their loved ones. Just as the media are effective in helping to increase police response, law enforcement officials reach out to news outlets to solicit help from the public in locating a missing person or solving a murder. However, a deeply troubling disparity in reporting the disappearance and homicides of female victims reflects racial inequality and institutionalized racism in the social structure that need to be addressed. It is this disparity this important study seeks to solve.

Book Reaffirming Juvenile Justice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alida V. Merlo
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2017-05-25
  • ISBN : 1351618385
  • Pages : 151 pages

Download or read book Reaffirming Juvenile Justice written by Alida V. Merlo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will expand students’ understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years. Designed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the landmark case, In re Gault, which the Court decided in 1967, the authors frame the developments and transformations that have occurred in the intervening years. Topics covered include an overview of the dramatic changes to field following the spike youth violence in the 1990s, the ‘superpredator’ myth, and sanctions for juvenile offenders—particularly the 2005 abolition of the death penalty and subsequent decision on life without parole. The book also covers child and youth victimization and recent prevention and treatment initiatives

Book The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics written by Lee Wilkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated second edition of the popular handbook provides an exploration of thinking on media ethics, bringing together the intellectual history of global mass media ethics over the past 40 years, summarising existing research and setting future agenda grounded in philosophy and social science. This second edition offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of media ethics, including the ethics of sources, social media, the roots of law in ethics, and documentary film. The wide range of contributors include scholars and former professionals who worked as journalists, public relations professionals, and advertising practitioners. They lay out both a good grounding from which to begin more in-depth and individualized explorations, and extensive bibliographies for each chapter to aid that process. For students and professionals who seek to understand and do the best work possible, this book will provide both insight and direction. Standing apart in its comprehensive coverage, The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics is required reading for scholars, graduate students, and researchers in media, mass communication, journalism, ethics, and related areas.

Book Crime and Media in Contemporary France

Download or read book Crime and Media in Contemporary France written by Deborah Streifford Reisinger and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reisinger examines contemporary French society's relationship with violence in an era of increased media dominance. The study's innovative and interdisciplinary approach integrates media, cinema, and literary studies to analyze how crime news functions as a site of discursive struggle. By situating these crime stories in a larger historical and political context, she analyzes how media and politicians use the crime story as a tool for upholding the dominant ideology.

Book Media and gender  a scholarly agenda for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender

Download or read book Media and gender a scholarly agenda for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subject: UNESCO, the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), and members of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) have partnered to publish scholarly research agenda for GAMAG. The publication addresses both knowledge and actions linked to gender and media issues. It analyses existing research findings and their links to policies, foregrounds existing research gaps, and recommends research and policy actions to be taken by the Global Alliance on Media and Gender and other stakeholders globally. It covers a range of concerns highlighting major themes including violence against women; women in leadership/decision making of media; gender and media policies and strategies; journalism education, and media and information literacy

Book Plugged in

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patti M. Valkenburg
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2017-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300218877
  • Pages : 341 pages

Download or read book Plugged in written by Patti M. Valkenburg and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Youth and Media -- 2 Then and Now -- 3 Themes and Theoretical Perspectives -- 4 Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers -- 5 Children -- 6 Adolescents -- 7 Media and Violence -- 8 Media and Emotions -- 9 Advertising and Commercialism -- 10 Media and Sex -- 11 Media and Education -- 12 Digital Games -- 13 Social Media -- 14 Media and Parenting -- 15 The End -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

Book Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment

Download or read book Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment written by William G. Christ and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, education, social/environmental justice, and civic engagement. The field of media literacy continues to undergo changes and challenges as audiences are reconceptualized and reconfigured, media industries are transformed and replaced, and the production of media texts is available to anyone with a smartphone. The book provides an overview of these. It offers readers specific examples and recommendations to help others as they develop their own teaching and research agendas. Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students studying media literacy through the lens of broadcasting, communication studies, media and cultural studies, film, and digital media studies.

Book Environmental Communication for Children

Download or read book Environmental Communication for Children written by Erin Hawley and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nexus between children, media, and nature during a time of planetary crisis marked by climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. In this time of planetary emergency, children have become an increasingly visible part of conversations about the human/nature relationship – they have also become an important market for environmentally-themed media content. Indeed, recent years have seen a proliferation of environmental texts, products, and narratives for young people: children are recognised and addressed as audiences for environmental content across a range of media including news, films, television programs, magazines, videogames, and transmedia franchises. Through analysis of a range of case studies, this book examines the construction of children as green audiences, the intersection between media and environmental literacies, and the mainstreaming of children’s voices in environmental communication. The book will appeal to readers with an interest in children’s media and the industry imperatives that shape the production of children’s culture as well as to students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of environmental communication.