As Generation Z attention spans decrease from short-form content and internet accessibility, content such as true crime is only a click away on an internet feed. The true crime obsession once began on television, but it has held on through TikTok feeds and podcasts consumed by Gen Z.
“The difference between us consuming true crime and, say, our parents, is that our parents are watching it on ‘Dateline’ or other TV shows, whereas we’re consuming it on TikTok or Instagram in such short-form pieces,” said Amelia Williams, a senior marketing major.
Some students said they felt that short form content puts responsibility on the producer and viewers to not spread misinformation. Devin Sharpe, a sophomore creative media major, said accessibility of the content can change based on how viewers look at the cases.
“I would say sometimes people can forget that these are real situations, and they can become numb to the situation,” Sharpe said.
Sharpe said he thinks the lines between curiosity and entertainment are starting to blend, and that’s where people are getting “lost in the sauce … very lost in the sauce.”
Pette said there are more respectful ways to present this information online and that some people over-exaggerate true crime in order to get “more clicks and views.”
The responsibility does not only fall on the producers of this content. Williams said that the consumer holds a responsibility to the victims and their families, such as the Lindsay Clancy case, which involved a mother on trial for the murder of her three children. The case has caused a lot of controversy because Clancy is pleading not guilty due to postpartum psychosis.
“If you look at the Lindsay Clancy case, people are tearing apart Patrick Clancy and his new wife, and while you know a lot of people believe that maybe he committed the murders, we don’t actually know what happened,” Williams said. ”You can’t rip apart this man who lost his three children just because you believe something that you have no way to verify is true.”
For Gen Z, true crime has become more accessible through social media platforms, which has widened the discussion about these cases. Students said as the way to consume true crime changes, so does the direction of these conversations, and where curiosity and entertainment meet.
“I feel like the lines are fading … like it’s all starting to blend. That’s where I feel like people are kind of getting lost,” Sharpe said.
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