Justice on demand : true crime in the digital streaming era / Tanya Horeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horeck, Tanya, author.

Series:

Contemporary approaches to film and media series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime in mass media.

True crime television programs.

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Justice on Demand: True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era offers a theoretical rumination on the question asked in countless blogs and opinion pieces of the last decade: Why are we so obsessed with true crime? Author Tanya Horeck takes this question further: Why is true crime thought to be such a good vehicle for the new modes of viewer/listener engagement favored by online streaming and consumption in the twenty-first century?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: My Favorite Murder and the Rise of "Murderino" Culture; 1. "A Film that Will Rock You to Your Core": Emotion and Affect in Dear Zachary and the True Crime Documentary; 2. "Caught on Tape": Elevator Assault Videos, Black Celebrity, and the Politics of Surveillance; 3. "Tagging" the True Crime Audience: Netflix Trailers for True Crime Documentaries; 4. Over Her Dead Body: Binge-Watching Long-Form True Crime; Afterword: Feminist True Crime; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Horeck, Tanya. Justice on demand.

ISBN:

9780814347201

0814347207

9780814340639

0814340636

OCLC:

1085970340