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Urban Legends – American and/or Global Folklore

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Development of modern technology, foremostly that of the Internet, has made feasible and, up to now, unimaginable reciprocity in the field of anthropological research.
Ivan Kovačević
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Urban Legends

netbib, 2002
Recht informativ und teilweise natürlich auch unterhaltsam sind Seiten über die sogenannten Urban Legends. Die umfangreichste, die ich gesehen habe, heisst natürlich auch Urban Legends, aber die Seite von Snope hat auch einiges im Angebot, u.a. wird hier
Edlef Stabenau
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The transformation of contemporary analyses of oral folklore: Fairy tale versus fantasy [PDF]

Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2010
The study focuses on contemporary forms of folklore and their relationship to literary forms like Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror and Fantasy Game. The first problem is the specification of the terms and the classification of the internal structure of these ...
Otčenášek Jaroslav
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Film, Folklore and Urban Legends

, 2008
From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. But once those traditional aspects have been identified, do they warrant further scrutiny?
Koven, Mikel
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Cokelore (Fine and Best)

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2008
Urban legends as a part of folklore frequently refer to large corporations creating what is known as the „mercantile legends“. „Coca-cola“ as one of those companies that has drawn the biggest attention of the folklore thought, for whose staple product ...
Ivan Kovačević
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Hood Dreams

The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2022
The poem seeks to express the tension within the Black community to be authentic and true to your family/friends without misleading others.  The frequency of misinformation being perpetuated in minority communities happens all too frequently to the ...
Michelle E. Jones
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Post-Folklore Processes AND "Urban Legends"

, 2023
Nowadays, in the world of folklore, attention is paid to the study of the state of folklore genres in post-folklore processes, in various modifications.
Abdurashidova, K. (K)
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Awareness of false information: urban legends [PDF]

, 2005
It is typical for people to believe urban legends. An urban legend is any modern, fictional story, told as truth that reaches a wide audience by being passed from person to person. The study of urban legends helps us be more alert to false information in
Fernsler, Erin
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Threats hidden in stories. Urban legends and security issues: analysis, challenges and perspectives.

Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej
This paper presents an introduction to the issue of urban legends in the context of security. For a long time, urban legends have been an integral part of urban culture, playing a role not only in terms of entertainment, but also in shaping perceptions ...
Marcin Biernat
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Symbolic Interactionism, Mass Panics and Urban Legends

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2010
The constructionist approach to social problems has developed a thesis about mass panics and urban legends as „unconstructed social problems“. This thesis, advanced by the American sociologist Joel Best, and his analysis of the urban legend of Halloween ...
Ivan Kovačević
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