[-] No. 360 [PM] [View All]
Previous thread: staffas.org/bs/res/1923.html
>Urban legends are a genre of modern folklore, consisting of stories about rare and exceptional events, just plausible enough to be believed. In our view, while urban legends represent a form of “sticky” deceptive text, they are marked by a tension between the credible and incredible.
>They should be credible like a news article and incredible like a fairy tale.
>In particular we will focus on the idea that urban legends should mimic the details of news (who, where, when) to be credible, while they should be emotional and readable like a fairy tale to be catchy and memorable.
The term “urban legend” has been popular since the 1980s, when Jan Harold Brunvand published his collection of urban legends and their meanings. When discussing the story of the vanishing hitchhiker, Harold wrote that the legend had evolved from older European stories about travelers riding horseback. With time, the story adopted more variations. With changes in the narrative, scenery and characters, the story has traveled far and wide, spreading by word of mouth to ears all around.
>Urban legends typically grow popular through storytelling. The speaker usually claims that such things happened to “a friend of a friend,” making the story something we want to believe. Because why would a friend lie? The peculiarities and suspense of an urban legend are what makes them spread.
>The more shocking yet realistic the story, the more we want to share it. Sometimes, urban legends are told to extend caution and sometimes, most times, they are simply good stories. Nowadays, instant communication has made it easier for urban legends to spread. For a long time, urban legend email chains were popular, and now such tales are told on social media with a few clicks.
>The continuous pattern of misinformation circulating on social media has made it easier for such stories to be shared, as many people take what they read and hear on the internet at face value, never second-guessing their feeds.
>What makes urban legends so captivating is that they contain elements from everyday life, such as walking through the woods, driving down a long road, looking into a mirror — the list is endless.
>There is something so haunting about the possibility that ordinary things could expose us to the terrors these legends speak of. As time passes, urban legends shift, retelling a modernized version of the story to newer audiences, making urban legends everlasting.
>Most people have been impacted by urban legends in one way or another, whether that be hearing a story and sharing it with a friend or stumbling upon a Creepypasta and not being able to sleep in the dark for days. Urban legends are not typical scary stories; they are spread with the notion that they are true and that they are something we should beware of. Urban legends must be spread with warning, as they can unravel more than we know
248 posts and 4 image replies omitted. Click reply to view. No. 632 [PM]
>>629>>629KGS
Since you're here, let discuss spook, just for the sake of old times
Thoughts on this vid??
No. 634 [PM]
>>633>>633KGS
Thoughts on eye on cinema not posting new vids anymore?
Do you know any good alien or spook documentaries? :DDD
No. 635 [PM]
>>633>0:04me watching lost media/spook/kgs videos
No. 643 [PM]
Did you just ghostbump the thread twice in the same hour?