The Mediatization of the O.J. Simpson Case: From Reality Television to Filmic Adaptation

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said: Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy. In the 1990s, nobody fell deeper than O.J. Simpson. Once considered a national treasure, the athlete was accused of brutally slaying his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman on June 12, 1994. Within days, the media and public developed an unprecedented obsession with the story, turning a murder investigation and trial into a sensationalized reality show. Tatjana Neubauer examines the mediatization, deliberate manipulation, and the simplification of popular criminal trials for profit on television. She demonstrates that TV conflated legal proceedings into entertainment programming by commodifying events, people, and places.

Author: Tatjana Neubauer
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 06/13/2023
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9783837666243
ISBN10: 3837666247
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Television | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Social Science | Popular Culture