"Never, Ever, Turn Out The Lights": Podcasts, Supernatural Personal Experience Narratives, and Folkloric Transmission
| dc.contributor.author | McNeil, Melanie Claire | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-12T15:10:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-12T15:10:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
| dc.description | 82 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines supernatural personal experience narratives presented in “true horror” podcasts. Through content analysis, I investigate four podcasts featuring supernatural personal experience narratives and compare their modes of narration and presentation, as well as their approaches to gender and place. I argue that the unique affordances of the podcast format allow for the modern folkloric transmission of supernatural experiences and the creation of a parasocial cycle of intimacy between the submitter, host, listener, and the podcast as a whole. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29504 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
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| dc.subject | true crime | en_US |
| dc.subject | podcasts | en_US |
| dc.subject | gender and folklore | en_US |
| dc.subject | folklore and the supernatural | en_US |
| dc.subject | true horror | en_US |
| dc.title | "Never, Ever, Turn Out The Lights": Podcasts, Supernatural Personal Experience Narratives, and Folkloric Transmission | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |