Superstition and Cyberanthropology

The presented contribution is based on research materials of a defended master’s thesis. It deals with the issue of defi ning the term “superstition” and subsequently presents its own research, which is focused on the superstition that warns against buying a stroller before the birth of a child. The research uses discussion forums from fi ve countries – the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Austria and Germany. The theoretical foundation for the research methodology consists of cyberanthropology, a scientifi c discipline which investigates cyberculture. The method applied in the analysis of the contents of the discussion forum entries is a formal analysis of the text