Published: 2015-02-20

Supernatural horror in Google Street View. Aesthetics of anxiety versus images of order in urban space

Rafał Nahirny

Abstract

Images constituting the world of Google Street View most frequently represent order in urban public space. We use this application for directions and trip planning. But we can also look at Street View images differently. The author of the article analyzes creepypasta stories (anonymous short scary online legends posted on various message boards) that are happening in the visual world created by Google. The main objective is to describe elements creating the aesthetics of anxiety and strategies used to construct the experience of the uncanny in the world of Street View.

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Nahirny, R. (2015). Supernatural horror in Google Street View. Aesthetics of anxiety versus images of order in urban space. Studia Etnologiczne I Antropologiczne, 15, 65–80. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/SEIA/article/view/9326

Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne Tom 15

Vol. 15 (2015)
Published: 2015-01-14


ISSN: 1506-5790
eISSN: 2353-9860
Ikona DOI 10.31261/SEIA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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