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Virtual Adult Lecture: Digital Folklore

Contemporary Legends on the Internet
2022-09-12 19:00:00 2022-09-12 20:30:00 America/Denver Virtual Adult Lecture: Digital Folklore Dr. Lynne S. McNeill will discuss the origin of internet legends and the impact of folklore in an online context on cultural perspectives. Online Event -

Monday, September 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-09-12 19:00:00 2022-09-12 20:30:00 America/Denver Virtual Adult Lecture: Digital Folklore Dr. Lynne S. McNeill will discuss the origin of internet legends and the impact of folklore in an online context on cultural perspectives. Online Event -

Dr. Lynne S. McNeill will discuss the origin of internet legends and the impact of folklore in an online context on cultural perspectives.

McNeill, PhD, is an associate professor of folklore at Utah State University. She is an active member of the American Folklore Society, the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, and the Western States Folklore Society. She is a regular on the Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera and is the author of Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies.

McNeill is also the co-founder of the Digital Folklore Project and co-editor of Slender Man is Coming. Her areas of research and publication include legend and belief, folk and fairy tales, the supernatural, and digital culture.

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Presented Virtually 
Monday, September 12, 7 pm

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Online |

TAGS: | legends | lectureseries | class | adultlecture |

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