Folklore and the Internet : Vernacular Expression in a Digital World /: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Trevor J. Blank.
• Editors: Blank, Trevor J
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-2'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-3'>Introduction Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-21' class='sequence-4'>Chapter 1 Digitizing and Virtualizing Folklore <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-67' class='sequence-5'>Chapter 2 Guardians of the Living: Characterization of Missing Women on the Internet <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-80' class='sequence-6'>Chapter 3 The End of the Internet: A Folk Response to the Provision of Infinite Choice <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-98' class='sequence-7'>Chapter 4 The Forward as Folklore: Studying E-Mailed Humor <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-123' class='sequence-8'>Chapter 5 Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-159' class='sequence-9'>Chapter 6 Crusading on the Vernacular Web: The Folk Beliefs and Practices of Online Spiritual Warfar <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-175' class='sequence-10'>Chapter 7 Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-194' class='sequence-11'>Chapter 8 Public Folklore in Cyberspace <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-213' class='sequence-12'>Appendix Webography of Public Folklore Resources <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-231' class='sequence-13'>References <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-254' class='sequence-14'>About the Contributors <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-257' class='sequence-15'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Logan : Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (260 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Folklore & Mythology; Computers -- Internet -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780874217513
• Related ISBNs: 9780874217506
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