FAMST 187TC: "TRUE CRIME"

University of California, Santa Barbara

Investigates the history and theory of "true crime" as an evolving intermed ial genre from early modern broadsides to 19th-century penny dreadfuls to c ontemporary podcasts, docuseries, and amateur digital investigations. Stude nts will analyze "true crime" case studies through different lenses, such a s economics and industry, aesthetics and pleasure, and ethics and represent ation.