Antisocial Media - Crime-watching in the Internet Age (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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 reading for students and scholars interested in social media, cultural criminology, and the crime-media interface.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Mark A. Wood
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-63984-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-63984-6
Barcode:	9783319639840

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