BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3714-582a23f018ff106c575b6a3dc9d24854@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260409T233215Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T130000 SUMMARY:Penn State’s Center for American Literary Studies presents Serial, True Crime, and Podcasting’s “Golden Age” DESCRIPTION:\nWhen Adnan Syed was freed from prison recently\, it sparke d renewed interest in Serial\, the first podcast to win a Peabody Award and the series that spawned arguably the most addictive podcast genre\, true crime. Indeed\, media critics have argued we’re living in a “golden age of true crime” in which a proliferation of true-crime podcasts are viewed by true-crime junkies and novices alike millions of times a day. The panelists on this webinar panel will take stock of the genre less th an a decade after Serial initiated it\, reflecting on pop culture’s fasc ination with true-crime podcasts and the genre’s past\, present\, and po ssible future(s).   \n\n \;\n\nPanelists:\n\nDawn Cecil\, Professor of Criminology\, University of South Florida \n\nDawn Cecil studies medi a representations of crime and justice to uncover the main messages that contribute to people’s understanding of these issues. Her most recent b ook\, Fear\, Justice &\; Modern True Crime (2020)\, examines the curr ent wave of true-crime televised series and podcasts to uncover their un derlying messages about crime and justice\, and to determine the role th is popular genre plays in society. Cecil’s peer-reviewed work has been p ublished in The Journal of Crime and Justice\, The Howard Journal of Cri minal Justice\, Feminist Criminology\, The Journal of Criminal Justice\,  and The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.\n\nAdam Golub\ , Professor of American Studies\, California State University\, Fullerto n \n\nAdam Golub writes and teaches about popular culture\, literature\, music\, monsters\, and childhood in the United States. He is co-editor of Monsters in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching What Scares Us (2017). In addition to publishing numerous essays on topics including fandom\, z ombies\, the blues\, the history of education\, and 1950s film and liter ature\, Golub was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone\, The Independen t\, and USA Today on the topic of true crime and popular culture.\n\n \n \nMatt Jordan\, Department Head and Associate Professor of Film Producti on and Media Studies\, Penn State University\n\nMatt Jordan is director of Penn State’s News Literacy Initiative for which he hosts the podcast  News Over Noise. He writes and teaches classes about how today’s media s ystems have been altered by digital technology and what it means for dem ocracy. He is executive producer of the Emmy Nominated documentary serie s HumIn Focus and author of dozens of articles and books on popular cult ure in America and Europe. His latest book is Danger Sound Klaxon! The H orn that Changed History.\n\nModerator:\n\nRobert Nguyen\, PhD Candidate in English and Visual Studies\, Penn State.\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2020-23 CALS “Unprecedented” Webinar Series. \n\n \;\n\nhttps:// psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yp7JVVcrR_6cwJknwhZNgg\n\n \;\n\nAft er registering\, you will receive a confirmation email\n\ncontaining inf ormation about joining the webinar.\n\nFor more details: https://events. la.psu.edu/event/cals_unprecedented_webinar/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

When Adnan Syed was freed from prison recently, it sparked renewed interest in Seria l, the first podcast to win a Peabody Award and the series that spaw ned arguably the most addictive podcast genre, true crime. Indeed, media critics have argued we’re living in a “golden age of true crime” in whi ch a proliferation of true-crime podcasts are viewed by true-crime junki es and novices alike millions of times a day. The panelists on this webi nar panel will take stock of the genre less than a decade after Seria l initiated it, reflecting on pop culture’s fascination with true-cr ime podcasts and the genre’s past, present, and possible future(s).    

 

Panelists:

Dawn Cecil, Professor of Cr iminology, University of South Florida

Dawn Cecil studies med ia representations of crime and justice to uncover the main messages tha t contribute to people’s understanding of these issues. Her most recent book, Fear, Justice & Modern True Crime (2020), examines the current wave of true-crime televised series and podcasts to uncover thei r underlying messages about crime and justice, and to determine the role this popular genre plays in society. Cecil’s peer-reviewed work has bee n published in The Journal of Crime and Justice, The Howard Journal o f Criminal Justice, Feminist Criminology, The Journal of Criminal Justic e, and The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.

Adam Golub, Professor of American Studies, California State Univ ersity, Fullerton

Adam Golub writes and teaches about popular culture, literature, music, monsters, and childhood in the United State s. He is co-editor of Monsters in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching W hat Scares Us (2017). In addition to publishing numerous essays on t opics including fandom, zombies, the blues, the history of education, an d 1950s film and literature, Golub was recently interviewed by Rollin g Stone, The Independent, and USA Today on the topic o f true crime and popular culture.

 

Matt Jordan, D epartment Head and Associate Professor of Film Production and Media Stud ies, Penn State University

Matt Jordan is director of Penn Sta te’s News Literacy Initiative for which he hosts the podcast N ews Over Noise. He writes and teaches classes about how today’s medi a systems have been altered by digital technology and what it means for democracy. He is executive producer of the Emmy Nominated documentary se ries HumIn Focus and author of dozens of articles and books on po pular culture in America and Europe. His latest book is Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn that Changed History.

Moderator:

Rob ert Nguyen, PhD Candidate in English and Visual Studies, Penn State.

This webinar is part of the 2020-23 CALS “Unprecedented” We binar Series.

 

https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/r egister/WN_yp7JVVcrR_6cwJknwhZNgg

 

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