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Author Donovan, Pamela.

Title No way of knowing : crime, urban legends, and the Internet / Pamela Donovan
Published New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : facsimiles
Series American popular history and culture
American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Market in Snuff Films -- chapter 3 Stolen Body Parts -- chapter 4 Shopping Mall and Theme Park Abduction Legends -- chapter 5 Debunkers and their Orbit1 -- chapter 6 Crime Legends and the Role of Belief -- chapter 7 Crime Legends, Protection, and Fear -- chapter 8 A Summary
Summary This volume examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new media' interactive discussions of them: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index
Notes English
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Subject Crime in popular culture -- United States -- Case studies
Crime -- United States -- Folklore -- Case studies
Crime -- United States -- Electronic discussion groups -- Case studies
Urban folklore -- United States -- Case studies
Fear of crime -- United States -- Case studies
TRUE CRIME -- General.
Crime in popular culture
Fear of crime
Urban folklore
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203507797
9780203507797
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9781138977242
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9781135936419
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9781280019401
1135936404
9781135936402