Serial Murder and Media Circuses by Dirk C. Gibson

Serial Murder and Media Circuses is pre-owned and in great condition. Hard cover with a dust jacket. Published: July 30, 2006 “Gibson examines 12 cases of serial murder between the 1890s and 1990s that were heavily covered by the mass media. He argues that there is a complex and deep-seated inter-relationship between the two in contemporary American life and that the American media plays a multi-dimensional and integral role in serial killings and the investigation into them.” ―Reference & Research Book News About the Author: Dirk C. Gibson is an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico. He has published numerous articles on a variety of topics in such journals as Public Relations Quarterly, Public Relations Review, and Southern Communication Journal. He has also published several book chapters and two books, The Role of Communication in the Practice of Law (1991) and Clues from Killers (Praeger, 2004).