Chess / Newsom Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man

The Development of an Internet Mythology
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-49113-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 143 Seiten, eBook

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chess, S.

Newsom, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Face of the Slender Man 2. Here There Be Monsters 3. Open-Sourcing Horror 4. The Digital Campfire 5. The Slender Man Who Loved Me 6. Facing the Slender Man

Über Autor(innen)

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.