Transmedia Crime Stories: The Trial Of Amanda Knox And Raffaele Sollecito In The Globalised Media Sphere (palgrave Studies In Crime, Media And Culture)
by Lieve Gies /
2016 / English / PDF
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This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and
Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing criminology,
socio-legal analysis, critical discourse studies, cultural studies
and celebrity studies, the book analyses how this case was narrated
in the media and why Knox emerged as the main protagonist. The case
was one of the first transmedia crime stories, shaped and
influenced by its circulation between a variety of media platforms.
The chapters show how the new media landscape impacts on the way in
which different stakeholders, from suspects and victims� families
to journalists and the general public, are engaging with criminal
justice. While traditional news media played a significant role in
the construction of innocence and guilt, social media offered users
a worldwide forum to talk back in a way that both amplified and
challenged the dominant media narrative biased in favour of a
presumption of guilt.
This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and
Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing criminology,
socio-legal analysis, critical discourse studies, cultural studies
and celebrity studies, the book analyses how this case was narrated
in the media and why Knox emerged as the main protagonist. The case
was one of the first transmedia crime stories, shaped and
influenced by its circulation between a variety of media platforms.
The chapters show how the new media landscape impacts on the way in
which different stakeholders, from suspects and victims� families
to journalists and the general public, are engaging with criminal
justice. While traditional news media played a significant role in
the construction of innocence and guilt, social media offered users
a worldwide forum to talk back in a way that both amplified and
challenged the dominant media narrative biased in favour of a
presumption of guilt.
This book begins with a new and original foreword written by
Yvonne Jewkes, University of Brighton, UK.
This book begins with a new and original foreword written by
Yvonne Jewkes, University of Brighton, UK.
