True Crime in American Media

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Edited by George S. Larke-Walsh

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

crime films, sociology, representation, United States

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

1st publishing

2023

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 214 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-12667-8

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
George S. Larke-Walsh is a Full-Time Lecturer at the University of Sunderland, UK.

See the publisher website: Routledge