The Last Laugh : Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age.
Blank, Trevor J.
The Last Laugh : Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (188 pages) - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series . - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression -- Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0 -- Chapter 4. "Intimate Strangers" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace -- Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) -- Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death -- Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9780299292034
Folklore and the Internet.
Electronic books.
GR44
398/.36
The Last Laugh : Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (188 pages) - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series . - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression -- Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0 -- Chapter 4. "Intimate Strangers" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace -- Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) -- Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death -- Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9780299292034
Folklore and the Internet.
Electronic books.
GR44
398/.36