Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man

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.

Author Shira Chess: Shira Chess is Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunications at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, USA. Author Eric Newsom: Eric Newsom is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Central Missouri, USA.

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Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man Chess, S., Newsom, E.

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