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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Pamela Donovan

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Donovan, Donovan Pamela
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415947879
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94787-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, COMPUTERS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Society & culture: general, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Information technology: general topics