How does the narrative structure of the original Serial podcast hold up today compared to more recent investigative journalism releases?
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How does the narrative structure of the original Serial podcast hold up today compared to more recent investigative journalism releases?
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Serial season one narrative structure influence investigative podcasting comparison recent investigative podcasts In the Dark season 2 Bear Brook S-Town journalism analysisGoogle ↗
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Serial season one narrative structure influence investigative podcasting comparison recent investigative podcasts In the Dark season 2 Bear Brook S-Town journalism analysis Google ↗
- Full article: Digital seriality and narrative branching: the podcast Serial, Season One · doi.org
- Giving voice to the accused: Serial and the critical potential of true crime: Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies: Vol 14 , No 3 · tandfonline.com
- Hanging by a Thread: Serialized Narratives in a Post-Factual Era · shorensteincenter.org
- Saving New Sounds: Podcast Preservation and Historiography · tile.loc.gov
- True Crime, But Different: A Year End Report Of Serial/ NYTimes Productions of 2023 · bingeworthy.substack.com
- The Retrievals · healthjournalism.org
- The Retrievals · thisamericanlife.org
- Full article: True Crime Podcasting and Technical Communication: Exposing the Oppression of Objectivity · tandfonline.com
- Full article: True Crime Podcasting and Technical Communication: Exposing the Oppression of Objectivity · tandfonline.com
- Authenticity and authority of voice in the post-serial investigative podcast genre. · ir.canterbury.ac.nz
- Authenticity and Authority of Voice in the Post-Serial · ir.canterbury.ac.nz
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