Newslore: Contemporary Folklore on the Internet

"Poetry, I have insisted, is ultimately mythology, the telling of the soul's adventure in time and history." Newslore is folklore that comments on and hinges on knowledge of current events. These expressions come in many forms: jokes; urban legends; digitally altered photographs; mock news stories; press releases or interoffice memoranda; parodies of songs, poems, and political and commercial advertisements; movie previews and posters; still or animated cartoons; and short live-action films...