Exploring a prominent digital mythology, this book proposes a new way of viewing both online narratives and the online communities which tell them.The Slender Man a monster known for making children disappear and causing violent deaths to the adults who seek to know more about him is used as an extended case study to explore the role of digital communities, as well as the question of the existence of a broader digital culture. Structural anthropological mythic analysis and ethnographic details demonstrate how the Slender Man mythology is structured, and how its everlasting nature in the online communities demonstrates an importance of the mythos.
Introduction 1. Mythology and the Digitization of Levi-Strauss 2. Introducing the Slender Man 3. The Origin of the Slender Man 4. The Origin of the Slender Man 5. Marble Hornets 6. Playing the Slender Man 7. Loving the Horror, Romancing Slender 8. Laughing at the Horror 9: A Dog, a Video Game and a Monster 10: The Online Hive Mind's Stories 11: The Slender Man's Culture Conclusion
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