Folk Culture in the Digital Age: The Emergent Dynamics of Human InteractionTrevor J. Blank Smart phones, tablets, Facebook, Twitter, and wireless Internet connections are the latest technologies to have become entrenched in our culture. Although traditionalists have argued that computer-mediated communication and cyberspace are incongruent with the study of folklore, Trevor J. Blank sees the digital world as fully capable of generating, transmitting, performing, and archiving vernacular culture. Folklore in the Digital Age documents the emergent cultural scenes and expressive folkloric communications made possible by digital “new media” technologies. |
Contents
Framing and Symbolizing Humor in Analog | |
Tapeworm Diet Rumors and Legends | |
An Ethnographic Look at a Virtual Community | |
The Ethics of Fieldwork on Facebook | |
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Folk Culture in the Digital Age: The Emergent Dynamics of Human Interaction Trevor J. Blank No preview available - 2012 |