Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet

by Trevor J. Blank

Trevor Blank broke new ground for the field of folklore studies in this essay by rationalizing the study of the internet as an important area of expressive vernacular culture. Pushing back against traditionalists who dismissed the digital as simply the domain of technicians and mass media, Blank argues that "from the earliest moments of the modern Internet's existence, folklore was a central component of the domain, moderating the intersection of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874219655
• ISBN13: 9780874219654
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.4"