Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man
The Development of an Internet Mythology
Published on 5. December 2014
Book
Hardback
X, 143 pages
978-1-137-49852-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 consciousness." (Trevor Pyne, Magonia Review of Books, The Magonia Blog, pelicanist.blogspot.co.uk, April, 2017)More details
Edition
2015 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
X, 143 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-49852-6 (9781137498526)
DOI
10.1057/9781137491138
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
S. Chess | E. Newsom
Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man
The Development of an Internet Mythology
Book
12/2014
Palgrave Pivot
€53.49
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S. Chess | E. Newsom
Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man
The Development of an Internet Mythology
E-Book
11/2014
1st Edition
Palgrave Pivot
€42.79
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Persons
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.
Eric Newsom is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Central Missouri, USA.
Content
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