No Way of Knowing - Crime, Urban Legends and the Internet

Examining "old media" treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, and "new media" interactive discussions: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists, this text examines a social context vastly changed from the height of rumour research in the mid-20th century.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Market in Snuff Films 3. Stolen Body Parts 4. Shopping Mall and Theme Park Abductions 5. Debunkers and their Orbit 6. Crime Legends and the Role of Belief 7. Crime Legends and the Politics of Fear and Protection 8. A Summary Appendices Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Pamela Donovan

Zusammenfassung

This book examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new' media interactive discussions of them via the Internet and electronic mail.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Pamela Donovan, Donovan Pamela
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138977242
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97724-2
• Seiten: 246
• Serien: Studies in American Popular Hi; Studies in American Popular History and Culture; Studies in American Popular History and Culture
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, COMPUTERS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Information technology: general issues, Information technology: general topics