Folklore and the Internet Vernacular Expression in a Digital World
A pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. These stuidies show 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...
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Utah State University Press
2009
Utah State University, University Libraries University Press of Colorado |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Digitizing and Virtualizing Folklore Chapter 2: Guardians of the Living: Chapter 3: The End of the Internet: Chapter 4: The Forward as Folklore: Chapter 5: Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy Chapter 6: Crusading on the Vernacular Web: Chapter 7: Ghosts in the Machine: Chapter 8: Public Folklore in Cyberspace Appendix References About the Contributors Index
- Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet Chapter 1 Digitizing and Virtualizing Folklore Chapter 2 Guardians of the Living: Characterization of Missing Women on the Internet Chapter 3 The End of the Internet: A Folk Response to the Provision of Infinite Choice Chapter 4 The Forward as Folklore: Studying E-Mailed Humor Chapter 5 Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy Chapter 6 Crusading on the Vernacular Web: The Folk Beliefs and Practices of Online Spiritual Warfare Chapter 7 Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead Chapter 8 Public Folklore in Cyberspace Appendix Webography of Public Folklore Resources References About the Contributors Index Cover Frontmatter
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet -- Chapter 1 Digitizing and Virtualizing Folklore -- Chapter 2 Guardians of the Living: Characterization of Missing Women on the Internet -- Chapter 3 The End of the Internet: A Folk Response to the Provision of Infinite Choice -- Chapter 4 The Forward as Folklore: Studying E-Mailed Humor -- Chapter 5 Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy -- Chapter 6 Crusading on the Vernacular Web: The Folk Beliefs and Practices of Online Spiritual Warfar -- Chapter 7 Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead -- Chapter 8 Public Folklore in Cyberspace -- Appendix Webography of Public Folklore Resources -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index