I would like to now examine the effects True Crime Documentaries have on audiences sociologically. As someone who does indulge in True Crime I have noticed how desensitized it's audiences have become. I want to explore how this may effect our everyday interactions with crime today.

As for formatting my project is by tying in True Crime Podcasts and Violence in mass media. I could see myself potentially making the project into a documentary format itself with just videos/articles found on the internet.

"Many aspects of culture characteristic of our lives today—cars, smartphones, laptops and tablets, Wi-Fi, running water, electric light—depend on technological innovations that have been made only very recently in human history."  I specifically pointed out this quote because of the discussions I have had with classmates in regard to social media and how relevant it has become to our everyday lives in the past few years. Society has begun to recognize the negative aspects of social media. There has been slight progression in an attempt to fix this issue, but no major shift has come into play. I have noticed some will take a break from socials, but ultimately come back and feel the same way they did as when they left. Social media and the internet has become almost vital to our society. This is where we find aspects of our societies pop culture and current events. I can open my social media app and find memes, trends, and relevant news stories. This can be seen through infographics, specific accounts, and the explore pages. I can compare this to my project by associating how as our culture continues to progress so does our accessibility and what we as a culture deem important.

"The club movement ushered in a new era of intellectual, artistic, and philosophical production by black women about their own experiences." I decided to pull this quote specifically from the article because it addressed that although the clubs may of been controversial it is still so important to recognize why marginalized communities need communities. These communities can help people to feel more accepted and heard when the rest of society is undervaluing them. If these women did not have a safe place to grow as individuals their growth would of been stunted. This was an important moment in history because black women were able to progress in their education and nurture their creative parts of themselves. I think this can be related to my final project because it makes me wonder if there were more spaces like this today would their be less crime?

“Pop culture is a place where choices are made — choices about the stories we tell and the stories we don’t tell, the people and events we remember, and those we forget,”

Adam expresses this claim in his research with the TikTok dance trend to the song Cannibal. In the song, Kesha references Jeffrey Dahmer. If a person does not understand why this name was referenced they may want to find out due to curiosity. This exposes them to horrific crimes they may not of known about beforehand. Or if one already knows of Jeffrey Dahmer and what he's done it just puts him at the center of this popular culture. I personally love the song Cannibal by Kesha, but can understand why it may of been in bad taste to add his name. It almost undermines what he has done, as if it was this normality.

“Pop culture can potentially keep us informed about certain crimes, so much so that we can become our own experts on Dahmer and (Charles) Manson. It doesn’t necessarily challenge us to come to terms with these horrors,”

Popular culture seems to favor serial killers who have committed outrageous and horrific acts. Whatever is deemed the most "entertaining" of stories is what are told. That doesn't mean these stories don't deserve to be told, but they aren't being told for the right reasons. The victims or people who have suffered due to these crimes aren't being highlighted. Adam mentions that we never see pop culture stories about violence against the trans communities, mass-shootings, etc. This is an example of crimes against people who are of a different race, gender, or class are not acknowledged. These crimes aren't "entertaining" or worth highlighting to our culture. Adam mentions that stories not deemed worthy of a pop culture presence reflects our societies unwillingness to recognize the violence happening against marginalized communities. This creates an unfortunate silence. As the realm of social media has begun to shift, Adam is hopeful change can be made for the future.