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Digitalizing Femicide : The Gabby Petito Case as a Technocentric Crime Narrative
Thierbach-McLean, Olga (2024): Digitalizing Femicide : The Gabby Petito Case as a Technocentric Crime Narrative, in: Kerstin-Anja Münderlein (Hrsg.), Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities : Proceedings of the Eighth Captivating Criminality Conference, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, doi: 10.20378/irb-94623.
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Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities : Proceedings of the Eighth Captivating Criminality Conference
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Eighth Captivating Criminality Conference ; Bamberg
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2024
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978-3-86309-973-2
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English
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Few criminal cases have galvanized the global public like the murder of travel vlogger Gabby Petito in 2021. The fact that it was solved with the help of social media has perceivably shifted public discourses on the merits of amateur internet sleuthing. But at the same time, media narratives of Petito’s death have been widely framed as a cautionary tale about the dangers of the online environment for women, thus reproducing a centuries-old pattern of linking female victimization to female public visibility. This article examines the Gabby Petito case as a cultural phenomenon, illustrating how collective perceptions of crime are shaped by the social concerns of the day – and how timeworn gender biases are replicated in allegedly disembodied virtual spaces.
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USA
Mord
Kriminalfall
Geschlechterforschung
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Gabby Petito
femicide in popular media
cultural impact of social media
domestic violence
online misogyny
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Conferenceobject
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April 15, 2024
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