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The impact of verbal behavior on audience engagement in Chinese talk shows: Based on a novel mediation model [PDF]
HeliyonThis study employs the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) model to construct a new mediation framework, examining the impact of Chinese stand-up comedians' language on audience engagement from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
Ya-Ming Li, Yi-Qun Zhang, Xiao Li
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Breaking down the laughter: an exploration into the linguistic dimensions in stand-up comedy ratings [PDF]
BMC PsychologyDespite the pervasive influence of humor in society, comprehensive quantitative studies exploring its dimensions and societal reception are scarce. This study advances the field by analyzing stand-up comedy specials, linking linguistic elements to humor ...
Herald Cela +2 more
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Stand-up that stands out: Analysis of gendered sequences from a Foucauldian perspective
Literacy Trek, 2022 This article intends to unveil the conceptualization of gender and power dynamics buried in the sequences uttered by Turkish female comedians in their stand-up performances.
Nur Sürüç Şen
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An Extra Slice of Jo Brand [PDF]
, 2015 In this candid interview Jo Brand, one of Britain’s most popular and successful comedians, discusses her comedy career. Brand shares experiences and critical reflections on a wide range of comedy, from her first stand-up gig in the 1980s through to ...
Lockyer, S
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Introduction: Tricksters, humour and activism [PDF]
, 2016 This special issue, entitled ‘The Trickster Activist in Global Humour and Comedy’, investigates the relevance of the concept of the trickster for explaining activist expressions that emanate from comedians, or that appear in comedy and humour more ...
Bassil-Morozow H +9 more
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Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2019 In the world of performance art, comedians have often been considered as minor artists or even have been rejected as mere commercial products. Yet doesn’t the stand-up tradition – defined by the delivery of fast paced jokes – seek to grasp the essence of
Xavier Lemoine
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Genre, Sexualité et Société, 2023 In the late 2010’s, the first season of a webseries about LGBT activists was broadcasted for the first time. During the process of casting for the show, the question of what type of comedians should be chosen to embody gay characters arose and a ...
Déborah Gay
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Stand-up comedy as a hallmark of western culture
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2020 The article examines stand-up comedy in view of the symptoms of Western culture that constitute the environment in which this artistic expression has matured.
Anna Kawalec
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Discourse types in stand-up comedy performances: an example of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2015 The primary focus of this paper is to apply Discourse Type theory to stand-up comedy. To achieve this, the study postulates two contexts in stand-up joking stories: context of the joke and context in the joke.
Ibukun Filani
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The Neural Correlates of Humor Creativity
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016 Unlike passive humor appreciation, the neural correlates of real-time humor creation have been unexplored. As a case study for creativity, humor generation uniquely affords a reliable assessment of a creative product’s quality with a clear and relatively
Ori Amir +3 more
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