Female audiences for true crime television: Popular discourse, feminism and the politics of ‘ethical viewing’

Holmes, Su ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-8337 and Hines, Claire (2024) Female audiences for true crime television: Popular discourse, feminism and the politics of ‘ethical viewing’. Critical Studies in Television. 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
Uncontrolled Keywords:	true crime,gender,female audiences,ethics,victims,sdg 5 - gender equality,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality
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
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2024 16:30
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2024 01:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97666
DOI:	10.1177/17496020241306224

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