Folklore and the Internet Vernacular Expression in a Digital World

Name: Folklore and the Internet Vernacular Expression in a Digital World
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ISBN: 9780874217506

ISBN-10: 0874217504

ISBN-13: 9780874217506

Edition: 2009

Authors: Trevor J. Blank

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Folklore and the Internet is a pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. It shows that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internet's beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online. Users of many sorts continue to develop the Internet as a significant medium for generating, transmitting, documenting, and preserving folklore.

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 9/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet



Chapter 1




Guardians of the Living: Characterization of Missing Women on the Internet




The End of the Internet: A Folk Response to the Provision of Infinite Choice




The Forward as Folklore: Studying E-Mailed Humor




Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy




Crusading on the Vernacular Web: The Folk Beliefs and Practices of Online Spiritual Warfare




Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead




Public Folklore in Cyberspace



Appendix: Webography of Public Folklore Resources



References


About the Contributors


Index