The Shag‐Band Menace: Tracing the Spread of a Contemporary Legend |
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| Authors: | Joel Best Kathleen A. Bogle Chelsea Johnstone |
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| Affiliation: | University of Delaware |
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| Abstract: | The internet enables analysts to better track rumors and contemporary legends through time and space. Comments about sex bracelets reveal waves of concentrated attention; the spread of particular variants display a similar pattern. The diffusion of such stories reflects constructions of childhood and adolescent sexuality as social problems. |
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| Keywords: | contemporary legend rumor sex bracelets social problems urban legend |
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