(~Scholarly) Publications Referencing the McCann Case

by Lance De Boils 05.01.14 1:21

I have come across several references to the case in various academic [or pseudo-academic] papers and thought I'd start a topic with links to a few in case anyone else is interested in reading them.
I'd also be interested in any others people have come across.

For starters;
Some of these are links to just abstracts, some to the full article. From some of the abstract pages, you can download the full article for free, others you would need to pay.

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann: Public drama and trial by media in the Portuguese press
Crime Media Culture August 2009 vol. 5 no. 2 146-167
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Moral Panic Analysis: Past, Present and Future
Sociology Compass 2/4 (2008): 1127–1144
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‘They've taken her!’ Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Mediating Maternity, Feeling and Loss
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Media justice: Madeleine McCann, intermediatization and ‘trial by media’ in the British press
Theoretical Criminology November 2012 vol. 16 no. 4 395-416
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‘Trial by media’: Policing, the 24-7 news mediasphere and the ‘politics of outrage’
Theoretical Criminology February 2011 vol. 15 no. 1 23-46
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Spinning the web :the influence of the internet on the reporting of crime and criminal justice in traditional media
[PhD Thesis]
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[Table of contents & first chapter of a book about paedophiles in society...]
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Prisoners' views of CSI's portrayal of forensic identification technologies : a grounded assessment
New Genetics and Society
Vol. 31, No. 3, September 2012, 271–284
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There are many more - is anyone interested?

by **tigger** 05.01.14 5:18

Brilliant! Thank you.

One thesis was posted here on the role of the media, sometime before July last year.

Keep them coming.. roses

by Doug D 05.01.14 7:30

Thanks. That's my Sunday bug....d!!!!

Do you think I could ask 'The Fund' for reimbursement if I pay for any of the articles??!!

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by Lance De Boils 05.01.14 10:39

Identifying, measuring and visualising the evolution of a story: A Web mining approach
Proceedings of WIS 2008, Berlin
Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Ninth COLLNET Meeting

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DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME An exploration of the “Maddie Phenomenon” on YouTube

Journalism Studies
Volume 11, Issue 2, 2010
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by Guest 05.01.14 13:12

Lance De Boils wrote:Identifying, measuring and visualising the evolution of a story: A Web mining approach
Proceedings of WIS 2008, Berlin
Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Ninth COLLNET Meeting

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DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME An exploration of the “Maddie Phenomenon” on YouTube

Journalism Studies
Volume 11, Issue 2, 2010
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by Lance De Boils 05.01.14 15:01

Sorry, I cocked the link up

repository.falmouth.ac.uk/299/1/RR_Don%27t%20you%20forget%20about%20me_170613_nid251.pdf

Try c&p that.

by Olympicana_Reloaded 06.01.14 6:49

Simon van Cleeff
Title    Media hypes : an investigation of the Madeleine McCann case
Supervisors    Hajo Boomgaarden, Guda van Noort
Year    2008
Pages    79
Faculty    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Institute/dept.    FMG: International School for Humanities and Social Sciences
Document type    scriptie master

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Cameron-Dow, J. (2009). The question of crime: How much does the public have the right to know? Pacific journalism review, 15(2), 71-84.

Access the publisher's website

2009 HERDC submission. FoR code: 1602; 1903

© Copyright Pacific Journalism Review 2009

Abstract

The public right to know is of particular significance when considering the reporting of crime and criminal justice. The internet has demonstrated strong influences upon crime reporting in mainstream media, including the range of material it provides to audiences. In addition, the internet has exposed journalists to new legal and ethical ramifications that accompany reportage on an international scale and, while it may be 'giving the people what they want', it has also exacerbated the controversy surrounding the perennial question of how much the public has a right to know. Research suggests that giving online readers what they want in the context of crime reporting includes the transition to shorter, more concise stories at first point of access, with further background and detail available through links to multi-media facilities. Often these offer far more graphic detail and specificity than is available in mainstream media, bringing the audience closer to the scene of the crime and the people involved. This is reopening the argument of the right to know versus the desire for privacy. These developments raise questions about the level of gatekeeping that is applied to internet coverage of crime. Analysis of media reporting on the disappearance in May 2007 of British toddler Madeleine McCann has shown how online access has raised an increasing number of ethical and legal issues relevant to the question of whether giving audiences what they want can conflict with what the public have a right to know. This article examines how the internet has influenced crime reporting and gatekeeping online.

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by Lance De Boils 06.01.14 9:06

Thanks, Olympicana_Reloaded.

Wish I could get a full copy of the second one you posted, in particular.
Looks interesting.

by Guest 20.01.14 17:23

There are a couple of recommended reads at the bottom of the Wiki page, one of which another member has already stated but I don't think anyone's mentioned this one so far:

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Odd spelling of Media, don't you think? I did a double-take when I first read that! titter

by **tigger** 20.01.14 17:39

MILLIE wrote:There are a couple of recommended reads at the bottom of the Wiki page, one of which another member has already stated but I don't think anyone's mentioned this one so far:

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Odd spelling of Media, don't you think? I did a double-take when I first read that!

They actually mean Medea who killed her two children when Jason married Nausica? Beautiful opera by Cherubini.
One of the Greek myths.

It's not at all a good parallel imo.

by Guest 20.01.14 17:45

Well spotted! winkwink

by bobbin 20.01.14 21:07

tigger wrote:
MILLIE wrote:There are a couple of recommended reads at the bottom of the Wiki page, one of which another member has already stated but I don't think anyone's mentioned this one so far:

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Odd spelling of Media, don't you think? I did a double-take when I first read that!

They actually mean Medea who killed her two children when Jason married Nausica ? Beautiful opera by Cherubini.
One of the Greek myths.

It's not at all a good parallel imo.

Ah, so they didn't mean 'Media' and 'Nausea' then. big grin

by **tigger** 21.01.14 8:12

MILLIE wrote:There are a couple of recommended reads at the bottom of the Wiki page, one of which another member has already stated but I don't think anyone's mentioned this one so far:

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Odd spelling of Media, don't you think? I did a double-take when I first read that!

What I'm really interested in is your opinion on this theory and whether you think Medea can be compared to KM.

For myself I think the basic premise is wrong.

by Guest 21.01.14 10:49

What I'm really interested in is your opinion on this theory and whether you think Medea can be compared to KM.

For myself I think the basic premise is wrong.

Tigger, this is another academic paper which is cited on Wiki under the Madeleine McCann case and it did not appear to have already been listed for Lance de Boils so that was why I added it.

As with any academic paper people will be free to judge it for better or worse, but imo, along with the rest, it is worth a look if only because it will spark one or two areas of academic debate. How much importance or credibility people give it is up to them.

It summarises in its abstract its premise that the Medea frame will reflect society's concerns about mothers who step outside what is considered acceptable maternal behaviour'. Obviously these are massive general terms to use. Since this seems to be an academic discussion essay of a paper rather than a scientific study as such it asks more questions than it defines. For example, 'society', 'the media' 'a bad mother'. Can there ever be just one 'societal' definition of what a 'bad mother' is?

You ask whether I think KM can be compared to Medea? No is my answer, because I certainly don't know whether or not she killed her daughter any more than anyone else does and unless she is ever found guilty by a court then nobody can make that analogy. Secondly, and crucially, imo the whole purpose of the article is this: to explore how the press reinforce / reflect society's concerns about mothers who step outside what is considered acceptable maternal behaviour'. I recall that on one occasion even she herself made the observation that because she did not appear maternal, the press had, she believed presented her in a negative way.

A final thought is that imo, the particular case of the Mcs is not actually the best to consider against this particular academic paper the same press has actually been very inconsistent, at various times criticising them and then presenting them as victims themselves. No, as I said, imo it is worth a read for the wider topics raised though.