No way of knowing : crime, urban legends, and the Internet / Pamela Donovan.
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TextSeries: American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : facsimilesContent type: - text
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- 0203507797
- 9780203507797
- 1138977241
- 9781138977242
- 1135936412
- 9781135936419
- 1280019409
- 9781280019401
- 1135936404
- 9781135936402
- Crime in popular culture -- United States -- Case studies
- Crime -- United States -- Folklore -- Case studies
- Crime -- United States -- Electronic discussion groups -- Case studies
- Urban folklore -- United States -- Case studies
- Fear of crime -- United States -- Case studies
- Criminalité dans la culture populaire -- États-Unis -- Études de cas
- Peur du crime -- États-Unis -- Études de cas
- TRUE CRIME -- General
- Crime in popular culture
- Fear of crime
- Urban folklore
- United States
- 364.1/0973 22
- HV6791 .D64 2004eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
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Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Market in Snuff Films -- chapter 3 Stolen Body Parts -- chapter 4 Shopping Mall and Theme Park Abduction Legends -- chapter 5 Debunkers and their Orbit1 -- chapter 6 Crime Legends and the Role of Belief -- chapter 7 Crime Legends, Protection, and Fear -- chapter 8 A Summary.
This volume examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new media' interactive discussions of them: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists.
English.
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