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ToolsHolmes, Su and Hines, Claire (2025) Female audiences for true crime television: Popular discourse, feminism and the politics of ‘ethical viewing’. Critical Studies in Television, 20 (1). pp. 26-53. ISSN 1749-6020
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Abstract
This article draws on data from 18 semi-structured interviews with women which explore their relations with true crime television. Complicating popular and academic arguments that such relations operate pedagogically (that true crime offers a form of ‘safety advice’ for women), the data attests to the participants’ reflexive negotiation of ethics as a frame through which viewing investments are presented, regulated and articulated. Both contributing to and questioning feminist work which has explored the potential ‘reimagining’ of true crime within a post #Metoo context, the data offers insight into how these female viewers negotiate what they see as ‘ethical viewing’ of the genre and its relationship with questions of ‘witnessing’ and responsibility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | true crime,ethics,female audiences,gender,victim,cultural studies,communication,sdg 5 - gender equality,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3316 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Media, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Media Equality Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Gender and Its Intersections |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2024 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2025 00:12 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97666 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17496020241306224 |
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