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Social Media and High-Profile Trials
Stephanie Olsen
celebrity defendant
famous lawyers
race and gender aspects
live coverage of the courtroom
Perfect Mix
Sex
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
MenWomen
None regularly read a newspaper, but eight
regularly watch tabloid TV shows
OJ Simpson Jury
Women Defenders and Public Opinion
Women are a rarity
Persecuted in the media more harshly then men
Usually portrayed as the Virgin or the Whore
Mothers are persecuted harshly
First Social Media Post
“Daughter who stole money, lots of money
and doesn’t her mother now speak to the baby that her mother raised”
Live Twitter stream gave outsiders access to the trial
@NinthCircuitFL
Guilty Before Proven Innocent
2007- Social Media exploded in popularity
Italian press painted a negative image
Tweets from the Courtroom
Is Social Media a Problem?
• Make Jury Selection Difficult
• Defendants have to appeal to two courts
• No Direct Link to Verdicts
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Sources Continued…
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Slide 3: http://movietechnology1.blogspot.com/p/90s-present.htmlhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399109nhttp://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/gallery/casey-anthony-mug-shot/http://blog.socialmaximizer.com/
Slide 4: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19940627,00.html
Slide 5: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/jurypage.html
Slide 6: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42955398/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/sniff-tests-allowed-trial-mom-accused-murdering-daughter-judge-rules/http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/an-innocent-abroad/
Slide 7: jessicaspraggins.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/cindy-anthonys-myspace-post-july-3-2008/
Slide 8: https://twitter.com/#!/ninthcircuitfl
Slide 9: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533992,00.html
Slide 10: https://twitter.com/#!/NickSquires1http://www.starpulse.com/news/SheKnows_Entertainment/2011/10/04/celebrities_give_mixed_reactions_to_am
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