No Way of Knowing: Crime, Urban Legends and the Internet / Edition 1

by Pamela Donovan

Overview

Examining "old media" treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, and "new media" interactive discussions: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists, this text examines a social context vastly changed from the height of rumour research in the mid-20th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415947879
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2003
Series:	Studies in American Popular History and Culture , #2
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

Pamela Donovan

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Market in Snuff Films 3. Stolen Body Parts 4. Shopping Mall and Theme Park Abductions 5. Debunkers and their Orbit 6. Crime Legends and the Role of Belief 7. Crime Legends and the Politics of Fear and Protection 8. A Summary Appendices Bibliography