Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media
Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019
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| author | Thompson, Rachel Paige. |
| author2 | Lisa Parks. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1243912020-03-28T03:16:55Z Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media Exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media Thompson, Rachel Paige. Lisa Parks. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies Comparative Media Studies. Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-107). Nearly 7 million individuals are currently under correctional supervision in America, with around 2.3 million confined in county, state, federal, and private correctional facilities. For those who are not currently and likely never will be incarcerated - including the majority of lawmakers and policymakers and myself - popular media in part defines our understandings of the American corrections system, from policing to the courts to imprisonment. In order to interrogate the ways in which such popular media can lift up or drown out the voices of those who are incarcerated, I critically analyze three case studies: a popular television show, an acclaimed podcast, and a recently released feature film with an accompanying documentary. Broadly, I argue that all texts constituting the incarceration media genre produce varying positionalities along an exploitation-empowerment spectrum, and by situating my chosen texts in dialogue with one another, I explore how these shifting relationships operate through popular mass media. by Rachel Paige Thompson. S.M. in Comparative Media Studies S.M.inComparativeMediaStudies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing 2020-03-27T16:25:57Z 2020-03-27T16:25:57Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124391 1117771700 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 107 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Comparative Media Studies. Thompson, Rachel Paige. Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title | Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title_full | Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title_fullStr | Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title_short | Incomplete sentences : exploitation and empowerment in American incarceration media |
| title_sort | incomplete sentences exploitation and empowerment in american incarceration media |
| topic | Comparative Media Studies. |
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