| Description |
1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge focus on journalism studies |
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Routledge focus on journalism studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 An Outline in Chalk -- Securing the Scene -- The Background Check -- 2 The Exploratory Study: A Proper Search -- Interrogating the Texts -- Selection of True Crime Narratives: "The Usual Suspects" -- Summation -- 3 The Findings: Two Sides to Every True Crime Story -- The Prosecution: The Critic's View -- The Defense: True Crime as a Justice Mechanism -- A Review of the Evidence -- Summation -- 4 Conclusion and Discussion: The Verdict -- A Theory of True Crime -- Crimen Veritas -- The International Man Hunt Is On -- Accomplices After the Fact: NON-narrative True Crime Writing -- Crime Porn -- The Final Sentence -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives vivifies how nonfiction murder stories are told, what role they play in society, and in the form of true crime, why they remain enduringly popular internationally on every platform. This book establishes for the first time the actual line--or dotted line--between mainstream journalism and the multimedia phenomena of true crime. Presenting a stable definition of what is--and what is not--true crime will either challenge or justify Truman Capote's claims regarding the creation of a "new journalism" in In Cold Blood, and accordingly, expose the reluctance of the promoters of NPR's Serial, HBO's The Jinx, and Netflix's Making a Murderer to refer to their products as such. This research codifies true crime texts of various types on multiple platforms--radio, television, print, digital, and film--to reveal the defining characteristics of the genre."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Routledge focus"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-121) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024) |
| Subject |
True crime stories -- Criticism, Textual
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Crime and the press.
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True crime television programs -- History and criticism
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True crime stories -- History and criticism
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Crime and the press
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True crime stories
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351180467 |
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1351180460 |
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9781351180481 |
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1351180487 |
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9781351180474 |
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1351180479 |
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9781351180450 |
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1351180452 |
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