Digital Mythology and the Internet's Monster

Vivian Asimos is a scholar at alt-ac.uk, of which she is a co-founder. Her research focuses on the study of popular culture, and what contemporary narratives have to tell us about our current societies.

• Introduction1. Mythology and the Digitization of Lévi-Strauss2. Introducing the Slender Man3. The Origin of the Slender Man4. The Origin of the Slender Man 5. Marble Hornets6. Playing the Slender Man7. Loving the Horror, Romancing Slender8. Laughing at the Horror9: A Dog, a Video Game and a Monster10: The Online Hive Mind’s Stories11: The Slender Man’s CultureConclusion

Digital Mythology and the Internet’s Monster is one of the only major studies into contemporary folklore developed in online spaces. This makes it an important addition to scholarship on media and religion ... a strong and thorough piece of academic writing showing a meticulous understanding of the processes behind The Slender Man and his spread in the online sphere.