Cell with a view: Building identity and community through media in Georgia prisons

Cell with a view: Building identity and community through media in Georgia prisons

Grace Barnett (MA student) and Karin Assmann, “Cell with a view: Building identity and community through media in Georgia prisons,” accepted for presentation at AEJMC’s Southeast Colloquium in Lexington, KY (March 7-9, 2024). 

Abstract: Using semi-structured interviews with staff and with current and former prisoners in Georgia, this paper seeks to examine media rituals of the incarcerated, asking how these rituals are created and maintained and how they impact the identity- and community formation of prisoners.

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