Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man The Development of an Internet Mythology
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceRegional StudiesMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociology
2014Book
Author(s)Chess Shira, E. Newsom
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137498526
LanguageEnglish
