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Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology
Shira Chess
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Description for Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology
Hardback. The Slender Man entered the general popular consciousness in May 2014, when two young girls led a third girl into a wooded area and stabbed her. Examining the growth of the online horror phenomenon, this book introduces unique attributes of digital culture and establishes a needed framework for studies of other Internet memes and mythologies. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
The Slender Man entered the general popular consciousness in May 2014, when two young girls led a third girl into a wooded area and stabbed her. Examining the growth of the online horror phenomenon, this book introduces unique attributes of digital culture and establishes a needed framework for studies of other Internet memes and mythologies.
The Slender Man entered the general popular consciousness in May 2014, when two young girls led a third girl into a wooded area and stabbed her. Examining the growth of the online horror phenomenon, this book introduces unique attributes of digital culture and establishes a needed framework for studies of other Internet memes and mythologies.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137498526
SKU
V9781137498526
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Shira Chess
Shira Chess is Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunications at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, USA. Eric Newsom is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Central Missouri, USA.
Reviews for Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology
This work covers much of the Slender Man, his birth and subsequent life online. It also looks hard at how modern tales are written, and the similarity with how tales were told and evolved in our past. ... it is a worthy coverage of just how the internet is being used by us to enable the numinous corners of our ... Read more