Title: What happens next? :
Authors: De Vos, Gail,
Date: 2012
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited,
Physical description: xxvii, 242 pages ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: "This fascinating book uncovers the history behind urban legends and explains how the contemporary iterations of familiar fictional tales provide a window into the modern concerns--and digital advancements--of our society. "--
Contents: Overview of media appearances of contemporary legends -- Ostension, legend tripping and commodification of folklore -- Folklore and the internet: netlore -- Conspiracy theories -- Ghostlore and scary stories -- Meeting with the devil at the crossroads: a contemporary legend.
Subject headings (LCSH): Legends; Literature and folklore; Mass media and folklore.; Urban folklore