Trevor J Blank

Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World Trevor J Blank

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet / Trevor J. Blank -- Chapter 1 -- Digitizing and Virtualizing Folklore / Simon J. Bronner -- Chapter 2. Guardians of the Living: Characterization of Missing Women on the Internet / Elizabeth Tucker -- Chapter 3. The End of the Internet: A Folk Response to the Provision of Infinite Choice / Lynne S. McNeill -- Chapter 4. The Forward as Folklore: Studying E-Mailed Humor / Russell Frank -- Chapter 5. Epistemology, the Sociology of Knowledge, and the Wikipedia Userbox Controversy / William Westerman -- Chapter 6. Crusading on the Vernacular Web: The Folk Beliefs and Practices of Online Spiritual Warfare / Robert Glenn Howard -- Chapter 7. Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead / Robert Dobler -- Chapter 8. Public Folklore in Cyberspace / Gregory Hansen -- Appendix: Webography of Public Folklore Resources / Gregory Hansen -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index. Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 89 (EAN 9780874217506, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Blank, Trevor J Trevor J. Blank is a folklorist, author and an assistant professor at SUNY, Potsdam. He has a PhD in American studies from the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. He is a native Marylander.