Resumen de Newslore: : contemporary folklore on the internet
Pp. ix + 268, 23 black-and-white photographs, preface, appen- dices, notes, references, index.) without question, the ubiquitous accessibility of the internet and other computer-mediated communication technologies now prohibit most stories, jokes, or regional behaviors from re- maining exclusive to their emic contexts. many of the folkloric materials previously documented in face-to-face settings or via fax and photo- copier are now emerging, circulating, and evolv- ing in online contexts. but more importantly, the internet medium has come to also generate new and unique forms of vernacular expression altogether. in Newslore: Contemporary Folklore on the Internet, folklorist and journalist russell Frank skillfully chronicles the intersection of folklore, expressive communication, and sym- bolic interaction as it manifests in humorous forms on the world wide web from the turn of the millennium into the recent past.
