Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy - Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem

Informationen zum Autor Lindsey A. Sherrill Klappentext This book explores the exponential growth of true crime podcasting and its effects on the growth of criminal justice reform advocacy in the United States. Sherrill argues that true crime podcasts exist as hybrid organizations with multiple goals, including entertainment, criminal justice reform advocacy, and journalistic inquiry. Zusammenfassung This book explores the exponential growth of true crime podcasting and its effects on the growth of criminal justice reform advocacy in the United States. Sherrill argues that true crime podcasts exist as hybrid organizations with multiple goals, including entertainment, criminal justice reform advocacy, and journalistic inquiry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Adnan, Melinda, and Me Chapter 2: True Crime, Podcasting, and the Serial Effect Chapter 3: Understanding Organizational Growth and Social Movements Chapter 4: Understanding the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem Chapter 5: Ecology and Podcasts as Maintenance Organizations Chapter 6: True Crime Podcasts and Social Movement Approaches Chapter 7: Podcasts as Legitimated Hybrid Organizations Chapter 8: Still Obsessed: Lessons from the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem References Appendix: True Crime Podcasts 2005-2022 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Lindsey A. Sherrill
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781666906011
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-601-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Press & journalism, News media & journalism, Communication Studies, Media studies: Journalism