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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299862103321

Autore

Wood Mark A

Titolo

Antisocial Media : Crime-watching in the Internet Age / / by Mark A. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319639857

3319639854

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 238 pages: 4 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture, , 2946-3920

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Computer crimes

Mass media and crime

Crime - Sociological aspects

Criminal behavior

Social media

Mass media

Cybercrime

Crime and the Media

Crime and Society

Criminal Behavior

Social Media

Media Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Breaking the First Two Rules of Fight Club -- 3. Unpacking a Punch -- 4. Feeding Violence? -- 5. The Digital Arena -- 6. Conclusion: Breaking Up and Breaking Down the Fight

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a cutting-edge introduction to Internet-facilitated crime-watching and examines how social media have shifted the landscape for producing, distributing, and consuming footage of crime. In this thought-provoking work, Mark Wood examines the phenomenon of antisocial media: participatory online domains where footage of crime is aggregated, sympathetically curated, and consumed as



entertainment. Focusing on Facebook pages dedicated to hosting footage of street fights, brawls, and other forms of bareknuckle violence, Wood demonstrates that to properly grapple with antisocial media, we must address not only their content, but also their software. In doing so, this study goes a long way to addressing the fundamental question: how have social media changed the way we consume crime? Synthesizing criminology, media theory, software studies, and digital sociology, Antisocial Media is media criminology for the Facebook age. It is essential readingfor students and scholars interested in social media, cultural criminology, and the crime-media interface.