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Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 The narrative pattern and discursive strategies of stand-up comedy in Nigeria reveal some tropes and motifs that are contemporary to the socio-political realities of the country.
Azeez Akinwumi Sesan
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Examining the rhetorical strategies employed in the humorous discourse of Chinese talk shows
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 Researchers have pointed out that rhetorical strategies have a significant impact on producing humour in Chinese talk shows, while few of them have investigated the factors that affect the rhetorical choice in humorous discourse in that context.
Tianli Zhou +4 more
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Spartan Daily, October 1, 2014 [PDF]
, 2013 Volume 143, Issue 15https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1514/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global populations age, organizations face increasing pressure to support an age‐diverse workforce. Although age‐diversity practices have been shown to yield individual benefits, their temporal impact on broader evaluations of the organization such as employees' company ratings remains underexplored.
Claudia C. Kitz +3 more
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Humor in Corporate Work Place Interactions: It\u27s Not What You Can Do for Humor, but What Humor Can Do for You [PDF]
, 2010 This review examines the role of humor in work place interactions through the social constructionist perspective (Hatch 1997). That is, this review explores the ways in which people construct their interactions through humor, and the effects that has on ...
Field, Zach
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Finding Light in the Darkness: The Role of Humor [PDF]
, 2020 The human story of confrontations with darkness can be lightened with the aid of humor and ...
Ansello, Edward F.
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“There Are Places Full of Beauty”: Desettling High School Students' Scientific Writing
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study contributes to desettling and expanding expectations about the forms of scientific language that belong in students' scientific writing. The primary empirical focus is the analysis of 52 high school student abstracts articulating community‐based investigations, submitted as part of their participation in a student conference in a ...
Alejandra Frausto Aceves
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Framing novelty in crowdfunding: Which words win support, where, and at what stakes
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary We examine how promotional language (“hype”) in reward‐based crowdfunding is associated with campaign success, and whether those associations vary across sector contexts and with campaign execution burden. Using dictionary‐based text measures from 635 U.S. Kickstarter campaigns across five sectors, we distinguish three novelty‐
Agnieszka Kwapisz
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“I Hear No Men Talking About It”
RSA JournalIn his 2023 stand-up special, From Bleak to Dark, comedian Marc Maron wonders why men do not address the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
Tuula Kolehmainen
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Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert Go to Washington: Television Satirists Outside the Box [PDF]
, 2002 The political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are largely celebrated for their nightly television programs, which use humor to offer useful political information, provide important forums for deliberation and debate, and serve as sites for ...
Baym, Geoffrey +2 more
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