Amanda Knox Documentary Discussion
Humanities
“YOU NEED TO HAVE TO NETFLIX ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT”
1. Watch the Netflix special on Amanda Knox, the American student who was charged with murder in Italy but who was freed on appeal.
2. Read the followup stories with interview with Amanda Knox and recent British newspaper coverage assessing the case and giving the views of the family of Meredith Kercher, the British student who was killed.
3. Write an essay of at least 700 words and not more than 1,200 words in which you discuss the journalistic coverage of the case including the role of British journalist Nick Pisa who coined the “Foxy Knoxy” label in a tabloid headline. Address the question of why the coverage focused on Knox rather than the victim, Meredith Kercher?
4. Essay should cite relevant examples from the Netflix documentary, the British newspaper stories and Knox’s most recent interview.
