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  • Worsley, True Crime and Jack the Ripper

    Worsley, True Crime and Jack the Ripper

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I watched an interesting documentary in which Lucy Worsley investigated Jack the Ripper, but rather than look at the crimes, motivation, and identifying who the criminal was she took a “media and society” perspective focused on the genre of true crime journalism. Within the documentary and podcast genre…

  • Public Service Broadcasters in the Video On Demand Age

    Public Service Broadcasters in the Video On Demand Age

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago we could choose between watching SRF, TSR, France Télévision, RSI and other channels. We had just five channels to choose from but we had them available for free. Today those channels are still available but because we live in modern buildings with no external TV aerials we are stuck relying…