[Air-l] CMC and Folklore

[RGH]

Sigalit:

Not to toot my own horn too much, but I do 
research on online religion from a folklore 
studies perspective.

The most relevant stuff would be:

"Toward a Theory of the Worldwide Web Vernacular: 
The Case for Pet Cloning" (in Journal of Folklore 
Research, Volume 42, Number 3, December 2005: 
323-360)

"A Theory of Vernacular Rhetoric: The Case of the 
'Sinner's Prayer' Online" (in Folklore, Volume 
116, Number 2, August 2005: 175-191)

"Apocalypse in your In-Box: End-Times 
Communication on the Internet," (in Western 
Folklore Volume 56, Number 3/4, Summer/Fall 1997: 
295-315)

You can download those at:

http://endnear.com/rgh/research.html

Also you could look at:
Dégh, Linda.  2001.  Legend and Belief:  Dialects 
of a Folklore Genre.  Bloomington, Indiana: 
Indiana University Press.
Dorst, John.  1990.  "Tags and Burners, Cycles 
and Networks:  Folklore in the Telectronic Age." 
Journal of Folklore Research 27 (3):  179-191.
- - -.  1999.  "Which Came First, the Chicken 
Device or the Textural Egg?: Documentary Film and 
the Limits of the Hybrid Metaphor." Journal of 
American Folklore.  112 (445):  268-281.
Hathaway, Rosemary V.  "The Visual Nature of 9/11 
Lore." Journal of Folklore Research.  42 (1): 
2005.  33-56.
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara.  1996.  "The 
Electronic Vernacular."  Connected:  Engagements 
with Media, Ed. George E. Marcus.  Chicago: 
University of Chicago Press.  21-64.
Marvin, Lee-Ellen.  1995.  "Spoof, Spam, Lurk and 
Lag: the Aesthetics of Text-based Virtual 
Realities."  Journal of Computer-Mediated 
Communication 1(2). 
<http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/jcmc/jcmc1.html#Marvin95>
Fernback, Jan.  2003.  "Legends on the net: an 
examination of computer-mediated communication as 
a locus of oral culture."  New Media & Society. 
5:  1.  29 - 45.
Baym, Nancy K.  1993.  "Interpreting Soap Operas 
and Creating Community."  The Journal of Folklore 
Research.  30:  2/3.  143-77.

And I would be interested to hear other stuff that people know!

Rob


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Robert Glenn Howard
Assistant Professor

Department of Communication Arts
University of Wisconsin - Madison
rgh at rghoward.com
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