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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-BiałejThis 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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Representation of Urban Myth-Making in Social Media
Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований, 2022 The article is devoted to the problems of representation of urban myth-making in social networks. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of the representation of urban myth-making in social networks on the example of myth-making activity ...
Darya V. Meretina, Irina V. Kucheruk
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Brussels at the heart of urban legends?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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POLTERGEIST PHENOMENA IN CONTEMPORARY FOLKLORE [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017 The article deals with instances of the supernatural in Romanian urban legends, namely what we call the strigoi , or poltergeist. Usually, folklorists tend to exclude the supernatural f rom the category of urban legends, however we have decided to take ...
Oana VOICHICI
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Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2018 Legend has it that students in the Dutch university town of Leiden used to throw coins in the street for the less well-off citizens. Picking up the coins, these risked burning their fingers: the students had heated the coins in a skillet.
Bart Van der Steen, Peter Burger
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Brussel te midden van de stadslegendes?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to the absence of definitive biomarkers, numerous overlapping comorbidities and its reliance on patient‐reported symptoms. Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice imply the possibility of diagnostic biases, complicating timely and accurate identification. This study
Sung‐A Kim +2 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino +3 more
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Bruxelles au cœur des légendes urbaines ?
Brussels Studies, 2011 This article presents urban legends told in Brussels which reflect an urban imagination crossed with local characteristics. Presented as news items although their truthfulness is questionable, these stories mentioning Brussels tell of attacks or harm ...
Aurore Van de Winkel
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