Bethany Usher

Journalism and Crime (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Through a critical, transdisciplinary approach, Journalism and Crime offers a chronological interrogation of crime journalism from its first origins in 16th century print, to a transatlantic phenomenon in the 19th century, and through to the complex networked digital spheres of the current day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000934946
• Artikelnr.: 68866598

Autorenporträt

Bethany Usher is Director of Education for postgraduate studies at the School of Arts and Culture at Newcastle University and a senior lecturer in journalism theory and practice. Prior to becoming an academic, Usher was a journalist, working as a staff correspondent for several national and regional newspapers, including as a crime correspondent.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction. 2. Early modern origins of crime news and journalism. 3.
The 18th century carnivalesque crime conversation. 4. Rhetorical wars: Old
guards, new radicals and the (de)criminalisation of the "lower orders".
5. From Newgate to New Journalism, via New York: Crime journalism as
transatlantic phenomenon. 6. Tabloidism triumphant! 7. Neoliberal
tabloidism and hypercriminality. 8. Conclusion: what's to be done?