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Three verbal sources on both sides of the argument

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People like the things that scare them from the safety of their own homes, from where they can control what scares them. The Dahmer Documentary was a graphic story of black and queer victims. Completely different from your normal victim. Which makes it hard to say it's only about the victims. It can be difficult to make true crime media without revictimizing real people. This is a podcast from NPR. Which is

Rascoe, Ayesha, and Mia Estrada. "True Crime Has Never Been More Popular. but Is It Ethical?" NPR, NPR, 2 Oct. 2022, www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1126453675/true-crime-has-never-been-more-popular-but-is-it-ethical. Accessed Feb. 13 2024.

Source 2

Evil acts fascinate us, it is out of our realm for most of us. It allows us to experience fear in a controlled environment. Women are the main audience of true crime media, it helps to feel a "sense of control if they can learn how you know how not to enter dangerous situations or things like that." It helps to identify warning signs and understand where victims went 'wrong'. But finding the 'wrong' in the victim's actions causes victim blaming. This victim blaming also "promotes their erasure". Media can often focus too much on the killer, making all parts of the killers' lives more fleshed out and narrated. It can leave the victims to be only victims, nameless and faceless.

Cheng, Mallory, and Cait Flynn. "The Double-Edged Sword of True Crime Stories' Popularity, a UWM Professor Explains." WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR, WUWM, 24 Jan. 2023, www.wuwm.com/2023-01-20/the-double-edged-sword-of-true-crime-stories-popularity-a-uwm-professor-explains. Accessed Feb. 13 2024.

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