SOSC 3992 Study Guide - Final Guide: Restorative Justice, White Supremacy, Iceberg

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 3992
• Professor: Allyson Lunny

Document Summary

Two trials that gained notoriety by their depiction in the media. Is media representation a crucial aspect of making something. Popular": it is, it is important to communicate information to the masses, otherwise they would not even know about it. Began when pickton was identified as the killer, not when all the women were going missing. Would appeal to masses, due to popular culture. Zones full of bodies that are unwanted, unmissed, don"t count. These zones allow men to frequent with impunity. Homicides, especially by one perpetrator (serial killers) on top of hierarchy of crime (jiwani and young: displaced sensationalism (jiwani and young) Media focussed more on csi investigation than human tragedy. Degradation ceremony was performed by the media, showing him wearing victims under fragments. American hero, mainstream celebrity, not marginalized or racialized: great example of a degradation ceremony by media and society (garfinkle)