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Digital Legends

Digital Legends is a genre of contemporary narrative within digital folklore that consists of fictional or semi-fictional stories circulated through digital media, distinguished by their thematic emphasis on technology-mediated beliefs, online anomalies, or Internet-born phenomena presented as true.

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251

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8

Authors

6

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

6

Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age

Andrew Peck · Journal of American Folklore · 2015 · 84 citations

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Legends on the net: an examination of computer-mediated communication as a locus of oral culture

Jan Fernback · New Media & Society · 2003 · 64 citations

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Battle pass capitalism

Daniel Joseph · Journal of Consumer Culture · 2021 · 58 citations · Full text

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Ghosts in the Cyber World. An Analysis of Folklore Sites on the Internet

Larisa Fialkova, Maria Yelenevskaya · Fabula · 2001 · 19 citations

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“Spread the Word”: Creepypasta, Hauntology, and an Ethics of the Curse

Line Henriksen · University of Toronto Quarterly · 2018 · 14 citations · Full text

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Authors

8

  1. TP
    Tessa Pijnaker

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  2. JF
    Jan Fernback

    Temple University, United States

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  3. AP
    Andrew Peck

    University of Kansas, United States

    1 publications · 84 citations

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  4. LH
    Line Henriksen

    Malmö University, Sweden

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. LF
    Larisa Fialkova

    University of Haifa, Israel

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

6

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  2. Gender Studies

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  4. Manchester Metropolitan University

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  5. Temple College

    Temple, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. New Media & Society

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  2. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 1 publications · 84 citations

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  3. Journal of Consumer Culture

    JOC · 1 publications · 58 citations

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  4. University of Toronto Quarterly

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. Fabula

    1 publications · 19 citations

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