Overview

"Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives vivifies how nonfiction murder stories are told, what role they play in society, and in the form of true crime why they remain enduringly popular internationally on every platform. This book establishes for the first time the actual line—or dotted line—between mainstream journalism and the multimedia phenomena of true crime. Presenting a stable definition of what is—and what is not—true crime will either challenge or justify Truman Capote’s claims regarding the creation of a ""new journalism"" with In Cold Blood, and accordingly expose the reluctance of the promoters of NPR’s Serial, HBO’s The Jinx, and Netflix’s Making a Murderer to refer to their products as such. This 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."

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Author:   Ian Case Punnett (Ohio Northern University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.172kg
ISBN:  

9780367892784

ISBN 10:   0367892782
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   13 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction: An Outline in Chalk 1.1 Securing the Scene 1.2The Background Check 2. The Exploratory Study: A Proper Search 2.1 Interrogating the Texts 2.2 Selection of True Crime Narratives: ""The Usual Suspects"" 2.3 Summation 3. The Findings: Two Sides to Every True Crime Story 3.1 The Prosecution: The Critic’s View 3.2 The Defense: True Crime as a Justice Mechanism 3.3 A Review of the Evidence: A Theory of True Crime 3.4 Summation 4. Conclusion and Discussion: TheVerdict 4.1 A Theory of True Crime 4.2 Crimen Veritas 4.3 The International Man Hunt is On 4.4 Accomplices after the Fact 4.5 NON-narrative True Crime Writing 4.6 Crime Porn 4.7 The Final Sentence"

Reviews

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

"""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"

Author Information

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).

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