ISBN:
9781137590046
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (253 p)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Gies, Lieve Transmedia Crime Stories : The Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the Globalised Media Sphere
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Communication
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Foreword: The Tragicomedy of Perugia: Power and Prejudice, Visibility and Invisibility in the Making of a Transnational, Postmodern Media Story -- Introduction -- The Power of the Image and the Word -- The Invisible Victim and a Justice System under the Spotlight -- Global Politics, Local Sensitivities -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Transmedia Crime Stories -- Overview of Main Events in the Meredith Kercher Murder Case -- Overview of the Book -- Part 1: The Making of Amanda Knox
Abstract:
Part 2: Alternative Narratives in Social Media and Beyond -- Part 3: Other Media Injustices -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part I: The Making of Amanda Knox -- Chapter 2: What's in a Name? The UK Newspapers' Fabrication and Commodification of Foxy Knoxy -- Introduction -- Data Sources and Research Methods -- Analytical Framework: News Media Constructions of Women Who Kill -- The 'Killer Type' -- 'Killer Looks' -- 'Killer Mind' -- The Emergence of Amanda Knox in the Meredith Kercher Murder News Story -- Knox's 'Confession' -- Patrick Lumumba -- Raffaele Sollecito -- Amanda Knox
Abstract:
Knox's Myspace Persona-The Emergence of 'Foxy Knoxy' -- Amanda Knox-The Suspect -- Amanda Knox-One Half of a Killer Couple -- Foxy Knoxy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Scarlet Letters from Perugia: 'Slut-Shaming' and the Media Representations of Amanda Knox -- Introduction -- Picture This: Four Key Moments -- The Shaming of Amanda Knox -- Promoting Waiting to Be Heard -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: (A)moral Representation: The Hyper-sexual Construction of Amanda Knox -- Introduction -- Media Gender Politics and the Demonisation of Woman
Abstract:
The Psychoanalysis of the Deviant Woman -- The Seen of the Crime -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Alternative Narratives in Social Media and Beyond -- Chapter 5: SIAMO INNOCENTI: Twitter and the Performative Practices of the 'Real' Amanda Knox -- Famous for Being Infamous: The Construction of Knox as a Celebrity-Criminal -- 'Dramatis Personae': Self-Misrecognition and the Performance of Identity -- Twitter, Authenticity, and Self-Restitution: The 'Real' Amanda Knox -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 6: (Co-)constructing Community Identity: Pro-Innocent Voices in the Meredith Kercher Murder Case -- Introduction -- The Theoretical Framework of the Study -- The Context and the Data -- Participants' Voices and Community Identities -- The Pro-Guilt People as 'Default Other' -- Concentric Circles or Polycentric Clusters? -- Women and Anonymity in Community Identification Discourses -- 'The Kids' and the 'Caring Parent' Representations -- 'The Perugians' versus 'The Kids' -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References
Abstract:
Chapter 7: From News to Comment: Tracing Text Trajectories in News Reporting about the Amanda Knox Trial
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