Book Review: Lieve Gies (ed.): Trial by Media: Participatory Justice in a Networked World

Authors

Keywords:

true crime, participation, mediated justice, courtroom TV

Author Biography

  • Anne Ganzert, Philipps-Universität Marburg

    Anne Ganzert is a media studies scholar and PI of the Emmy Noether research group “Web Sleuthing. Media Practices of Crime-Related Online Investigations” at Philipps-Universität Marburg. Previously, she coordinated the CRC initiative “Serious Gaming” and was affiliated with the Center for Human | Data | Society at the University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on participatory culture, digital media practices, fan studies, seriality, and crime-related online investigations. She is particularly interested in the intersections of media theory, platform cultures, and contemporary forms of collective knowledge production.

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Published

2026-06-26