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Entertainment, journalism, and advocacy : competing motivations in the true crime podcast ecosystem

Title
Entertainment, journalism, and advocacy : competing motivations in the true crime podcast ecosystem / Lindsey A. Sherrill.
Author
Sherrill, Lindsey A., 1985-
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

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Description
x, 219 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This book explores the exponential growth of true crime podcasting and its effects on the growth of criminal justice reform advocacy in the United States. Sherrill argues that true crime podcasts exist as hybrid organizations with multiple goals, including entertainment, criminal justice reform advocacy, and journalistic inquiry"--
Subject
  • Podcasts > Social aspects > United States
  • True crime stories > Social aspects > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
  • Investigative reporting > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Investigative reporting
  • Podcasts
  • Social aspects
  • True crime stories
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Adnan, Melinda and me -- True crime, podcasting and the Serial effect -- Understanding the true crime podcast ecosystem -- Ecology and podcasts as maintenance organizations -- True crime podcasts and social movement approaches -- Podcasts as legitimated hybrid organizations -- Still obsessed: lessons from the true crime podcast ecosystem -- Appendix: True crime podcasts 2005-2022.
Call Number
MWGD 23-3816
ISBN
  • 9781666906011
  • 1666906018
LCCN
2022056405
OCLC
1365063403
Author
Sherrill, Lindsey A., 1985- author.
Title
Entertainment, journalism, and advocacy : competing motivations in the true crime podcast ecosystem / Lindsey A. Sherrill.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Sherrill, Lindsey A., 1985- Entertainment, journalism, and advocacy Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] 9781666906028 (DLC) 2022056406
Research Call Number
MWGD 23-3816
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