Digital Mythology and the Internet's Monster: The Slender Man

by Vivian Asimos

Book Overview

Exploring a prominent digital mythology, this book proposes a new way of viewing both online narratives and the online communities which tell them.

The Slender Man - a monster known for making children disappear and causing violent deaths to the adults who seek to know more about him - is used as an extended case study to explore the role of digital communities, as well as the question of the existence of a broader "digital culture".

Structural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350210935
• ISBN13: 9781350210936
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"