Barbara Barnett, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She received her master’s degree from Duke University and her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She formerly worked as a reporter and editorial writer for The Charlotte News and also as a writer for nonprofit health-care organizations, working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her research interests are media, gender, and violence.

• Introduction: Murdering Mothers: From Tragic to Hot 1. Child Murders: A Global, Historical Perspective of an Enduring Practice 2. The Media Landscape: Changing Values, Changing Content 3. Mom Slays Tot; Film at 11 4. The Famous and Infamous: How the Media Construct Celebrity "Monster Moms" 5. The Storytellers’ Stories 6. New Media, New Stories? Mothers Use Social Media Epilogue: Toward New Stories and New Forms of Storytelling

Barbara Barnett, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She received her master’s degree from Duke University and her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She formerly worked as a reporter and editorial writer for The Charlotte News and also as a writer for nonprofit health-care organizations, working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her research interests are media, gender, and violence.

• Introduction: Murdering Mothers: From Tragic to Hot 1. Child Murders: A Global, Historical Perspective of an Enduring Practice 2. The Media Landscape: Changing Values, Changing Content 3. Mom Slays Tot; Film at 11 4. The Famous and Infamous: How the Media Construct Celebrity "Monster Moms" 5. The Storytellers’ Stories 6. New Media, New Stories? Mothers Use Social Media Epilogue: Toward New Stories and New Forms of Storytelling

Barbara Barnett, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She received her master’s degree from Duke University and her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She formerly worked as a reporter and editorial writer for The Charlotte News and also as a writer for nonprofit health-care organizations, working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her research interests are media, gender, and violence.

• Introduction: Murdering Mothers: From Tragic to Hot 1. Child Murders: A Global, Historical Perspective of an Enduring Practice 2. The Media Landscape: Changing Values, Changing Content 3. Mom Slays Tot; Film at 11 4. The Famous and Infamous: How the Media Construct Celebrity "Monster Moms" 5. The Storytellers’ Stories 6. New Media, New Stories? Mothers Use Social Media Epilogue: Toward New Stories and New Forms of Storytelling