Television and/as testimony in the Jimmy Savile case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Boyle (0000-0003-0162-2656, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-404 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1749602018796703 |
| OpenAlex | W2800914152 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
In October 2012, TV presenter Jimmy Savile was identified as a sexual predator in an ITV documentary, Exposure. Focusing on documentaries dealing with the case, this article explores the interrogation and recalibration of the television archive. Paying attention both to the use of archival footage of Savile, and televisual testimony of victim/survivors, I argue that the Savile documentaries present an unusual space where victim/survivor testimony is accumulated and ultimately privileged. In light of the 2017 sexual abuse allegations in the film industry, the Savile case offers useful lessons in representing the aftermath of abuse in and on the television screen
Advertising · Criminology · Interrogation · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |