The deceased-accused and the victim as a commodity: Jimmy Savile as a case study to examine the role of real-crime documentary in reproducing violence as entertainment
Taking a real-crime documentary concerning Jimmy Savile in the UK as a case study, the chapter attempts to make sense of a rather complex social relationship between the media, the public, the victims and the deceased-accused. The discussion questions the social usefulness of aggressive media driven...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Critiquing violent crime in the media
Year: 2021, Pages: 21-52 |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Summary: | Taking a real-crime documentary concerning Jimmy Savile in the UK as a case study, the chapter attempts to make sense of a rather complex social relationship between the media, the public, the victims and the deceased-accused. The discussion questions the social usefulness of aggressive media driven by market targets; it submits that the commercialisation of the victims by these crime documentaries encourage social righteousness and did little to support sex crime victims. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 45-52 |
| ISBN: | 9783030837570 |
