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Why crime content is popular: Exploring cognitive and emotional motivations

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Consumers of content about serial killers watch or read it to experience intense emotions that are often lacking in everyday life and to understand what drives people to commit crimes. However, such content does not contribute to increased aggression. These conclusions were drawn by sociologists at HSE University. Their findings were published in Crime, Media, Culture:…