"TO ME ITS [SIC] REAL LIFE": Secondary Victims of Homicide in Newer Media

Yardley, Elizabeth and Wilson, David and Kennedy, Morag (2015) "TO ME ITS [SIC] REAL LIFE": Secondary Victims of Homicide in Newer Media. Victims and Offenders, 12 (3). pp. 467-496. ISSN 15564886 (ISSN)

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Abstract

This article explores what happened when two people personally affected by a 1999 homicide participated in an online forum in which the homicide was being discussed. The two individuals in question were the younger brother of the victim and the elder brother of the man convicted of her murder. The case had been the subject of a 12-part audio podcast called Serial. An online forum-the Serial Subreddit-had been set up independently of the podcast and its producers as a space for listeners to discuss their views on the case. We analyzed the contributions of the two aforementioned individuals and the responses they received. We argue that new media spaces like the Serial Subreddit break down the traditional barriers between those personally affected by homicide and consumers of mediated representations of homicide. As such, they raise important questions for criminologists. © 2015, Routledge. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1080/15564886.2015.1105896
Dates:	Date Event 7 December 2015 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	homicide, newer media, Reddit, secondary victims, Serial podcast
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific)
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Law Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Criminology Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Sociology
Depositing User:	Users 18 not found.
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2016 11:35
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2025 13:00
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/558

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