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No way of knowing : crime, urban legends, and the Internet / Pamela Donovan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donovan, Pamela.
- Series:
- American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
- American popular history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime in popular culture--United States--Case studies.
- Crime in popular culture.
- Crime--United States--Folklore--Case studies.
- Crime.
- Crime--United States--Electronic discussion groups--Case studies.
- Fear of crime.
- Urban folklore.
- Folklore.
- United States.
- Electronic discussion groups.
- Urban folklore--United States--Case studies.
- Fear of crime--United States--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 236 pages : facsimiles ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Summary:
- This book examines both "old media" treatment of crime legends like news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as "new" media interactive discussions of them, including versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists. The book examines rumors in the electronic age, with an eye towards a social context vastly changed from the height of rumor research in the mid-twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415947871
- OCLC:
- 52412054
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