No way of knowing : crime, urban legends, and the Internet / / Pamela Donovan
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| Autore: |
Donovan Pamela
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| Titolo: |
No way of knowing : crime, urban legends, and the Internet / / Pamela Donovan
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 236 p. ) : facsims |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Crime in popular culture - United States |
| Crime - United States - Folklore | |
| Crime - Electronic discussion groups - United States | |
| Urban folklore - United States | |
| Fear of crime - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface Acknowledgements 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | No way of knowing |
| ISBN: | 1-135-93640-4 |
| 1-138-97724-1 | |
| 1-135-93641-2 | |
| 1-280-01940-9 | |
| 0-203-50779-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456025103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))