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Ep 249: Digital Folklore with Dr. Lynne McNeill

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David Flora

Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

David is joined by folklorist Dr. Lynne McNeill to discuss Digital Folklore! A topic that spans culture, anthropology, sociology, and modern legends, Digital Folklore is a growing and evolving phenomenon happening right in front of us. Dr. McNeill, professor at Utah State University, is an expert on folklore and folklore in an online context in particular. She discusses Internet legend origins, settings, proliferation and more. How do these things fit in a cultural perspective? What makes something folklore and what does it look like online? Flora asks these questions and more in a very informative, spirited conversation on this episode of Blurry Photos! P.S. Don't forget to nominate Blurry Photos for the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2020! (scroll down to the "City Life" drop down menu and scroll down to find "Best Podcast") Find Dr. Mcneill's books here: Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook Slenderman is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet Music Myst on the Moor - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Get it for free in the App Store. Hey everyone welcome to Blurry Photos. I'm your host, David Flora.

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I'm really excited for this episode. It's a great interview about digital folk war, something that is growing and evolving before our very eyes.

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And my guest was just a blast to speak to.

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Real quick, before we get rolling on it, in case you haven't heard, my second audio book narration just went live on audible.

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where the Book 1 collection left off.

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help support Tom and me.

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book. All of this supports creators and artists like me and Tom,

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and that support is very much appreciated. Just search living among Bigfoot in Audible

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and look for the collections with me as the narrator. On to my interview

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about digital folklore. I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Dr Lynn Lynn McNeil, Associate Professor of Folklore and

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Chair of the Folklore Program at Utah State University. She is the author of

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Folklore Rules and is the co-editor of Slenderman is coming,

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creepy pasta and contemporary legends on the internet, and

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legend tripping, a contemporary legend case book.

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