RT Article
T1 Miscarriages of justice in the age of social media: the Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito innocence campaign
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 3
SP 723
OP 740
A1 Gies, Lieve
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565254880
AB The role of the media in exposing miscarriages of justice has not been extensively researched and even less is known about the contribution of the Internet and social media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with innocence campaigners, this article examines the social media campaign to overturn the conviction of Amanda Knox and her co-accused Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. It explores the campaigners’ use of different media platforms. It also examines their motivations in joining and supporting the campaign and discusses the campaign’s contributions and social dynamics. Finally, it elucidates the factors that shaped supporters’ belief in the innocence of Knox and Sollecito.
K1 Wrongful conviction
K1 Internet
K1 Media
K1 Pressure groups
K1 Qualitative research method
K1 Fehlurteil
K1 Justizirrtum
K1 Interessenverbände
K1 Soziale Medien
K1 Einflußfaktoren
K1 Mass media and criminal justice
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw017