Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives: A Textual Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780815385707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 128 str.

USA) Ian Case (Ohio Northern University Punnett

Opis

This book establishes the line between mainstream journalism and the multimedia phenomena of true crime. The research codifies true crime texts of various types on multiple platforms—radio, television, print, digital, and film—to reveal the defining characteristics of the genre.

Recenzje

"With this book, Dr. Ian Punnett has staked out new and important territory in the study of true crime. This is essential reading for anybody interested in how and why true crime remains compelling to worldwide readers and audiences." -Jean Murley, Queensborough Community College, CUNY, USA

O autorze

Ian Case Punnett is a professor of multimedia journalism who came back to graduate school after a successful decades-long career in commercial radio/television/print/digital media. Other books include A Black Night for the Blue Grass Belle (2016) and How to Pray When You’re Pissed at God (2013).