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This is Renegade Files Episode 40, Folklore In The Information Age.

On this episode we dive deep to explore a relevant and critical question: How has the world of communication technology altered the social process of Folklore?

This is important because, as a society, our legends, folklore, and myths define our hopes, our imaginations, and warn us of peril. Tribal cultures employed folklore to educate the young, to explain very real dangers, and to keep valuable traditions and knowledge alive.

But what happens when the tools we use to communicate evolve light years beyond campfire tales, and late night one-on-one conversations?

How has our modern information tech driven and influenced our legends, our beliefs, and our relationships to the fantastical?

What are the implications of an internet that creates its own legends, its own folklore, and its own digital mythology?

Come with me now and together we will take a ride on the wild side, into the bizarre confluence of internet ideas and vision-quest realms, where ancient archetypes become the digitized deities of… Folklore In The Information Age.

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Music Licensing:
Theme Song: “Steve’s Djembe” by Vani, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 License.

“Aqua Sun Reflex” by Flowlab Cult, DV8NOW Records, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.