This chapter advances the concept of streaming justice arguing that digital platforms have remade the true crime genre and the cultural politics of wrongful conviction. It argues that streaming technologies have not only reshaped true crime production and consumption but have also created new opportunities and ethical challenges for justice advocacy. The chapter introduces how immediacy, accessibility, and audience participation have redefined the relationship between media, justice, and public engagement. Centring on the evolution of true crime in the digital age, it highlights how it has moved from traditional journalism to streaming media platforms where stories can mobilise public support, challenge accepted narratives, and potentially influence legal outcomes. Where the print and broadcast legacy media once controlled how narratives were presented, streaming media like podcasts and on-demand video has transformed how audiences respond to stories of wrongful conviction. The chapter introduces how true crime has been transformed by digital technologies that compress time, collapse audiences into participants, and make legal processes accessible to the public. It also interrogates the risks of streaming true crime through the commodifying suffering and the blurred boundaries between entertainment and advocacy. By situating wrongful conviction narratives within the broader context of true crime in the digital age, the chapter sets the foundation for a critical exploration of whether streaming media can both reflect and produce justice in the digital age.

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Introducing Streaming Justice

  • Greg Stratton

摘要

This chapter advances the concept of streaming justice arguing that digital platforms have remade the true crime genre and the cultural politics of wrongful conviction. It argues that streaming technologies have not only reshaped true crime production and consumption but have also created new opportunities and ethical challenges for justice advocacy. The chapter introduces how immediacy, accessibility, and audience participation have redefined the relationship between media, justice, and public engagement. Centring on the evolution of true crime in the digital age, it highlights how it has moved from traditional journalism to streaming media platforms where stories can mobilise public support, challenge accepted narratives, and potentially influence legal outcomes. Where the print and broadcast legacy media once controlled how narratives were presented, streaming media like podcasts and on-demand video has transformed how audiences respond to stories of wrongful conviction. The chapter introduces how true crime has been transformed by digital technologies that compress time, collapse audiences into participants, and make legal processes accessible to the public. It also interrogates the risks of streaming true crime through the commodifying suffering and the blurred boundaries between entertainment and advocacy. By situating wrongful conviction narratives within the broader context of true crime in the digital age, the chapter sets the foundation for a critical exploration of whether streaming media can both reflect and produce justice in the digital age.