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Soc Stud Sci, 2014 Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors. Some of these rumors appear so frequently, and in such complex, colorful, and entertaining ways that we can think of them as academic urban legends.
Rekdal OB.
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Naloxone urban legends and the opioid crisis: what is the role of public health? [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2019 As the overdose crisis in North America continues to deepen, public health leaders find themselves responding to sensational media stories, many of which carry forms and themes that mark them as urban legends.
Alexis Crabtree, Jeffrey R. Masuda
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Urban legends: recurrent aphthous stomatitis. [PDF]
Oral Dis, 2011 Oral Diseases(2011)17, 755–770Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is the most common idiopathic intraoral ulcerative disease in the USA. Aphthae typically occur in apparently healthy individuals, although an association with certain systemic diseases has been reported.
Baccaglini L +6 more
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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Review of the book by Ivan Kovačević. 2009. Urbane legende. Ogledi iz američkog folklora. [Urban Legends. Musings on American Folklore]. Beograd: Srpski genealoški centar i Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu ...
Ana Banić-Grubišić
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Urban Legends and Paranormal Beliefs: The Role of Reality Testing and Schizotypy [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Recent research suggests that unconventional beliefs are locatable within a generic anomalous belief category. This notion derives from the observation that apparently dissimilar beliefs share fundamental, core characteristics (i.e., contradiction of ...
Neil Dagnall +4 more
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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2007 Urban legends are friend-of-a-friend stories (FOAFS) that are told to describe strange, but supposedly real events, when in fact they are fictional through word of mouth invention or distortion.
Ljubomir Hristić
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Global Folklore - Urban Legends
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2010 Ivan Kovačević. 2009. Urbane legende. Ogledi iz američkog folklora. Beograd: Srpski genealoški centar i Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu. Etnološka biblioteka knj. 39. 154 strana. (Ivan Kovačević, Urban legends.
Ana Banić Grubišić
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Identity and Identification in Campus Lore [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 As a form of modern urban legend, school legends have become a symbol of campus culture and are spread through the internet and orally. These school legends, which are based on some real historical elements and are mixed with a bit of spirituality and ...
Wei Jiachen
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Conspiracy Theories as Urban Legends with a Paranoid Matrix / Paranoyak Bir Matrix ile Şehir Efsanelerine Dönüşen Komplo Teorileri [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2023 In this paper I seek to interpret, categorise conspiracy theories in relation to urban legends with a paranoid matrix, with the starting point being mainly the interpretation of the paranoid nature of conspiracy theories systematised by Jack Z ...
Suzana Marjanić
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Magic Realism in Hiligaynon Urban Legends
JPAIR, 2015 In the modern time, urban legends become unique and valuable stories in the community. These are living people's testimony about their experiences with mix magical and mundane elements in an overall context of realistic narrations. The primary concern of
Ruth Tribunal
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