Transmedia crime stories : the trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the globalised media sphere /: the trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the globalised media sphere. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lieve Gies, Maria Bortoluzzi, editors.
• Editors: Gies, Lieve; Bortoluzzi, Maria
• Contents: Foreword. The tragicomedy of Perugia: Power and prejudice, visibility and invisibility in the making of a transnational, postmodern media story. Yvonne Jewkes -- Introduction: Transmedia crime stories. Lieve Gies and Maria Bortoluzzi -- Part I: The making of Amanda Knox -- 1. What's in a name? The UK newspapers' fabrication and commodification of Foxy Knoxy. Atalanta Goulandris and Eugene McLaughlin -- 2. Scarlet letters from Perugia: 'Slut shaming' and the media representations of Amanda Knox. Stevie Simkin -- 3.(A)moral representation: The hyper-sexual construction of Amanda Knox. Siobhan Holohan -- Part II: Alternative narratives in social media and beyond -- 4. SIAMO INNOCENTI: Twitter and the performative practices of the 'real' Amanda Knox. Katrina Clifford -- 5.(Co- )constructing community-identity: Pro-innocent voices in the Meredith Kercher murder case. Maria Bortoluzzi -- 6. From news to comment: Tracing text trajectories in news reporting about the Amanda Knox trial. Michael S. Boyd -- Part III: Other media injustices -- 7. Prosecution in action in the Italian criminal justice system: the Amanda Knox case. Riccardo Montana -- 8. Race, a floating signifier, or, Rudy Guede in the Italian press. Julia Heim -- 9.'My name is Raffaele Sollecito and not Amanda Marie Knox': Marginalisation and media justice. Lieve Gies.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (253 pages)
• Subjects: 364.1/523/0922; Murder in mass media; Mass media and criminal justice; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Mass media and criminal justice; Murder in mass media; Social Science -- Media Studies; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Social Science -- Penology; Law -- International; Media studies; Politics & government; Crime & criminology; Penology & punishment; International criminal law; Communication; Social media; Social justice; Transnational crime; Corrections; Punishment; Electronic books; Trials, litigation, etc -- Press coverage; Trials, litigation, etc -- Press coverage
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137590046; 1137590041
• Related ISBNs: 9781137590039; 1137590033
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 8, 2017).
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