Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy: Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem

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Lindsey A. Sherrill

Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy

Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem

Lindsey A. Sherrill

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Lexington Books
29 January 2025

The Arts: General & Reference; Communication studies; Media studies; Press & journalism

In this book, Lindsey A. Sherrill explores the exponential growth of true crime podcasting, including the role of the ubiquitous Serial podcast in the growth of the industry. Using both demographic population analysis and interviews with podcast hosts and producers, Sherill demonstrates that true crime podcasts exist as hybrid organizations, with diverse goals ranging from entertainment to criminal justice reform advocacy to journalistic inquiry. These competing motivations of podcast producers are explored, along with the ethical quandaries that emerge in the process of telling true crime stories. Sherrill traces true crime podcasting back to the infancy of the medium and examines the influences, innovations, and events that created the true crime podcast ecosystem, as well as its influence on real cases in the United States. Scholars of communication, sociology, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.

By: Lindsey A. Sherrill
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781666906035
ISBN 10: 1666906034
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 29 January 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lindsey A. Sherrill is assistant professor of business communication at the University of North Alabama.

Reviews for Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy: Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem

Sherrill presents her research into ""goal oriented"" true- crime podcasts as organization models. She employs two lenses: organizational ecology and social movement theory. Sherrill collected data by interviewing a dozen authors and hosts of true-crime podcasts, including Rabia Chaudry of Undisclosed and Steven Pacheco of Trace Evidence…. This book is best suited for researchers looking at motivation, evolutionary patterns, or legitimizing strategies within podcasts. Though it is not necessarily geared toward students of the genre, this volume may nevertheless inform those thinking about entering the true-crime podcasting universe themselves. Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. * Choice Reviews * An illuminating analysis of the flourishing true crime podcast genre – the author’s infectious enthusiasm is tempered by careful ethical considerations. -- Siobhán McHugh, author of The Power of Podacsting: Telling Stories Through Sound “In this volume, Dr. Sherrill artfully retells the history of podcasts as a form of entertainment, media and journalism. In doing so, this book captures an important moment in media history and simultaneously builds organizational theory to help explain how podcasts came to be so influential in today’s media landscape.” -- Matthew S. Weber, Rutgers University