Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man
The Development of an Internet Mythology
Published on 5. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 143 pages
978-1-349-50522-7 (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
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 143 p.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Weight
2049 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-50522-7 (9781349505227)
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
€64.19
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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