Capitalism, Crime and Media in the 21st Century

This edited collection from leading scholars in the fields of media, communications, cultural studies and a number of aligned areas looks to the intersection of capitalism, crime and the media. The text is founded on the principles of cultural criminology - that how we determine and understand crime lies in the social world and that the determination of crime and its mediation in popular culture have a political basis. The book consists of eleven chapters and is divided into three sections. Section one considers the intersection of crime and capitalism in a range of contemporary cultural texts. Section two examines how various power systems influence the operation of the media in its role of reporting crime and holding the powerful to account. Section three considers how texts in a variety of formats are used to conduct politics, communicate politics and enact political decision making. 

Neil Ewen is Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of Exeter, UK.

Alan Grattan is Senior Lecturer and teaches on the Criminology degree at the University of Winchester, UK.

Marcus Leaning is Professor of Digital Media Education and teaches on the BA Media and Communications degree at the University of Winchester, UK.

Paul Manning is retired but was Reader in Media Sociology at the School of Media and Film at the University of Winchester, UK.