ISP 135 True Crime and Popular Culture
3 hours
This course will look at how real-life crime is turned into entertainment and then presented to the public. Students in this course will analyze the messy and complex relationship between a criminal event and its representation in popular culture: in literature, podcasts, television documentaries, and in film. They will consider how evidence is turned into enjoyment, experiment with creating their own true crime narratives, and seek to understand true crime’s enduring appeal as a genre and an art form.
Prerequisite
None
Notes
This course satisfies the Flexible Core: Creative Expression area of the Gen Ed Program.