Selebritizacija kriminalaca u filmovima i serijama: studija slučaja Anne Delvey i Simona Levieva

master's thesis

• Title (english): Celebritization of Criminals in Movies and TV Series: A Case Study of Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev
• Author: Klaudia Jurgan
• Mentor: Marijana Grbeša-Zenzerović (mentor)
• Committee member: Marijana Grbeša-Zenzerović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Viktorija Car (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marin Galić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-14, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Rad se bavi fenomenom demokratizacije celebrityja koji se očituje ulaskom običnih ljudi u medijski prostor. Problematika ovog fenomena se promatra kroz transformaciju kriminalaca u celebrity osobe, što ima negativne posljedice kao što su to financijska zarada kriminalaca, medijska pažnja te nezaštićenost žrtava u javnom prostoru. Glavni fokus rada je na selebritifikaciji kriminalaca u true crime filmovima, moćnom mediju današnjice, koji utječe na kreiranje percepcije, emocija i stavova kod gledatelja. Istražuju se slučajevi Anne Delvey i Simona Levieva koji su postigli celebrity status na temelju serije i filma te medijskog izvještavanja. Tehnike prikaza i selebritifikacije kriminalnih likova u seriji Projekt Anna i filmu Varalica s Tindera su privlačan fizički izgled, visoka inteligencija, uspješnost, poželjnost u društvu, fatalnost, snalažljivost, zavidan životni stil i mnoge druge koje su karakteristične za celebrity osobe. Također, kriminalni likovi su prikazani kao jedni od nas koji se bore za financijsku stabilnost te kao borci protiv sustava čime se postiže identifikacija gledatelja s likovima te empatija i opravdanje za kriminalne radnje pa čak i portretiranje krivaca kao žrtava.

Abstract (english)

This dissertation studies the democratization of the celebrity phenomenon which manifests in the entrance of ordinary people in the public sphere. The issue of this phenomenon is examined through the transformation of criminals into celebrities, which leads to negative consequences such as financial benefits for criminals, media attention and vulnerability of victims in public space. The main focus of the dissertation is the celebritification of criminals in true crime film, the powerful medium, which affects the creation of the perception, emotions and attitudes of the viewer. The cases of Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev, who achieved celebrity status based on the series, film and media coverage, are being investigated. Techniques of representation and celebrification of criminal characters in the Inventing Anna series and The Tinder Swindler movie are attractive physical appearance, high intelligence, success, desirability in society, fatality, adroitness, enviable lifestyle and many others that are characteristic for celebrities. Also, criminal characters are portrayed as one of us who fight for financial stability and as fighters against the system, which achieves identification of the viewer with the characters and empathy or justification for criminal acts and even portraying the culprits as victims.

• Keywords: celebrity; celebrity kriminalci; selebritifikacija; true crime
• Keywords (english): celebrity; celebrity criminals; celebritification; true crime
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:353384
• Study programme: Title: Journalism; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra novinarstva (magistar/magistra novinarstva)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2023-01-16 08:10:33