Episode
INFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
39:25
Published: Mon Apr 12 2021
Description
When two women are violently murdered five years apart and half a world away, advocates look for a way to call attention to the serious and growing issue of femicide in Turkey. The campaign takes off -- but while it gains momentum, it loses its original meaning. This is the real story behind the viral #ChallengeAccepted campaign that flooded your Insta feed in the summer of 2020. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkieapp.com/library/. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-challenge-accepted
Chapters
The black and white selfie trend that went viral on social media in 2020 was supposed to be about raising awareness for femicide in Turkey, but the true meaning got lost in translation.
00:00 - 03:46 (03:46)
Summary
The black and white selfie trend that went viral on social media in 2020 was supposed to be about raising awareness for femicide in Turkey, but the true meaning got lost in translation. Despite good intentions, people missed the important message and instead turned it into a shallow trend.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
In this conversation, the importance of being accessible to others through phones is discussed, with one person sharing their habit of never letting their phone's battery die or turning it off for an extended period of time.
03:46 - 08:15 (04:28)
Summary
In this conversation, the importance of being accessible to others through phones is discussed, with one person sharing their habit of never letting their phone's battery die or turning it off for an extended period of time.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
Police are reviewing over 100 cameras worth of surveillance footage in search for the perpetrator who was last seen with the missing woman at a shopping center and had bought gasoline nearby.
08:15 - 13:33 (05:17)
Summary
Police are reviewing over 100 cameras worth of surveillance footage in search for the perpetrator who was last seen with the missing woman at a shopping center and had bought gasoline nearby. However, due to the urgency of changing laws to protect lives, there is less emphasis on the police investigation in the current coverage.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
Femicide has become a prevalent issue in Turkey in the last decade, with perpetrators of violence blaming women for their own deaths, despite laws around domestic violence looking strong on paper.
13:33 - 18:54 (05:20)
Summary
Femicide has become a prevalent issue in Turkey in the last decade, with perpetrators of violence blaming women for their own deaths, despite laws around domestic violence looking strong on paper.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
The "Challenge Accepted" trend on social media has its origins dating back to 2016 for spreading cancer awareness.
18:54 - 24:19 (05:24)
Summary
The "Challenge Accepted" trend on social media has its origins dating back to 2016 for spreading cancer awareness. The recent trend focused on women supporting women, and the black and white photos date back to a memorial for a woman who was murdered in Turkey in 2019.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
Police have arrested the driver of the bus, his friend and his father in connection with the disappearance of 20-year-old Erika Ouskajan.
24:20 - 30:41 (06:21)
Summary
Police have arrested the driver of the bus, his friend and his father in connection with the disappearance of 20-year-old Erika Ouskajan. The driver's friend and father have provided information to the authorities regarding what happened the night Ouskajan disappeared.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
Three men, including the hitman, have been sentenced for their involvement in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017.
30:41 - 35:17 (04:36)
Summary
Three men, including the hitman, have been sentenced for their involvement in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017.
EpisodeINFAMOUS: #ChallengeAccepted
PodcastCrime Junkie
This podcast episode discusses the evolution of viral campaigns, tracing the origins of a popular Facebook trend in 2010 and diving into the impact of such campaigns on society today.
35:17 - 39:20 (04:03)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses the evolution of viral campaigns, tracing the origins of a popular Facebook trend in 2010 and diving into the impact of such campaigns on society today.