Graduation Semester and Year
2023
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
First Advisor
James Kelsay
Abstract
This study, using survey data collected in 2022, investigates how consuming true crime media, from media such as podcasts, influences fear and anxiety among criminal justice students. In addition, the relationship between viewing criminal trials in real time and forming opinions different from the sentencing juries is assessed. Results suggest that there is no significant relationship between the consumption of true crime media and fear or anxiety. Moreover, viewing criminal trials in real time does not have a signficant effect on the formation of opinons that differ from criminal juries. Limitations, implications, and directions for future research are discussed.
Keywords
True crime entertainment, Podcasts, Publicized criminal trials, Social media, Criminal investigations
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Patterson, Jennifer Leigh, ""A show that proves the worst monsters are real": Media and social media impact on criminal trials and post-conviction guilt as perceived by criminal justice students." (2023). Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses. 114.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/crcj_theses/114
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington