[A] story about a child is scarier than one about an adult roughly 80% of the time

Creepypasta, Children's media, and the child in media discourse

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3528312
AutoresA Pattee (0000-0002-4935-8332, Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas204-218
Fecha de publicación2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChildhood (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/09075682221093843
OpenAlexW4224283365
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas25

Creepypasta," short works of original horror fiction and frightening images created primarily by amateurs and shared in online communities of like-minded readers and writers, use the language of horror to encode and offer commentary on issues of contemporary concern. A close reading of an exemplary text, "Candle Cove," demonstrates how this and other similarly themed creepypasta represent vernacular contributions to discussions of young people's interactions with mass media that reflect a popular interest in both securing and disrupting the figure of the child constructed in media discourse

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