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https://doi.org/10.31192/np.20.3.6
Media Humanization of a Criminal: Byron’s Hero as a Symbol of Resistance to the System
Marta Vukasović
orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-2214
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb, Croatia
Viktorija Car
orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-8926
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
According to theory of cultural criminology, when representing violence and crime postmodern media create a society of spectacle. Such events are then presented as entertainment and sensation, to attract the audience. Criminal behaviour and violence are what represent a fundamental violation of the social norm and the legal order, which is why they pervade the media space. In the focus of this paper studies are media frames and narratives that deal with crime and offer the audience a deeper explanation of the crime itself and the motives for its commission. Based on the theoretical assumptions of cultural criminology, this research aims to determine the media frames used in the three national televisions news reports about Filip Zavadlav, convicted of triple murder in Split. Also, the task is to spot the actions of media humanization of the criminal through the narrative elements of Byronism and the characteristics of antiheroes that are taken from the popular culture texts, which are attributed to the perpetrator of the crime. Through the analysis of media texts were established the representation of one of the most important characteristics of Byron’s hero, which puts the perpetrator in the position of a victim-criminal, to point out his unfavourable position in society and provoke sympathy of the audience.
Keywords
antihero; Byronic hero; cultural criminology; media framing; media narratives
Hrčak ID:
285751
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Publication date:
16.11.2022.
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