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Just jokes! Icebreakers, innuendo, teasing and talking: The role of humour in HIV/AIDS peer education among university students [PDF]

, 2013
Peer conversation provides an important platform for people to explore and disseminate sexual health knowledge. Humour forms part of conversations held between peers including those where sexual health and sexual decisions are discussed.
Cooper, S, Dickinson, D
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Does Humour Influence Perceptions of the Ethicality of Female-Disparaging Advertising? [PDF]

, 2018
This article responds to calls for further research on ethical issues in advertising. The study examines whether advertising strategies which use female-disparaging themes are perceived as ethical, and what effect this has on ad and brand attitudes.
Balabanis, G., Grougiou, V., Manika, D.
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Birds of a Feather Laugh Together: An Investigation of Humour Style Similarity in Married Couples

Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016
The present research investigated the degree of similarity in humour styles between spouses as assessed with the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). Furthermore, self-esteem was investigated as a potential moderator of partner humour style similarity.
Christian Martin Hahn, Lorne John Campbell   +1 more
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Have media texts become more humorous?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
As a research topic, humour has drawn much attention from multiple disciplines including linguistics. Based on Engelthaler & Hills’ (2018) humour scale, this study developed a measure named Humour Index (HMI) to quantify the degree of humour of texts ...
Haoran Zhu, Yueqing Deng
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The sense in humour : a personal exploration of humour in the teaching of adults : some questions and tentative answers : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Adult Education at Massey University [PDF]

, 2007
This thesis is a personal exploration of the potential applications of humour in the teaching of adults. I have provided some questions and tentative answers about the use of humour in the facilitation of adult learning.
Watt, Iain J
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Sexist humour and social identity: The role of sexist humour in men’s ingroup cohesion, sexual harassment, rape proclivity and victim blame [PDF]

, 2015
Jokes have been recognised as ways in which negative attitudes and prejudice can be communicated and enacted in hidden ways (e.g., Allport 1954; Freud 2004 [1905]).
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Intravitreal GD2‐Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‐Cell Therapy for Refractory Retinoblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective treatments for advanced, treatment‐resistant retinoblastoma (RB) remain limited. GD2‐specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells show potent antitumor activity with minimal toxicity but have not previously been evaluated in RB.
Subongkoch Subhadhirasakul, Jatuporn Sujjitjoon, Pa‐thai Yenchitsomanus, Kridtin Jarutatsanangkoon, Ng Wei Loon, Kleebsabai Sanpakit, Jassada Buaboonnam, Chayamon Takpradit, Pornpimon Yuti, Nunghathai Sawasdee, Piriya Luangwattananun, Siripakorn Sangkitporn, Arnan Limmahachai, La‐ongsri Atchaneeyasakul   +13 more
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Humour Processing. The Factors that Play a Role in Understanding Humour

Forum Lingwistyczne, 2019
This article addresses the skills involved in processing humour. Both adults and children enjoy puns, jokes, and riddles and employ humour in interaction with friends.
Sandra Levey, Joseph Agius
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A Linguistic Analysis of The Use of Humour in Adébáyò̩ Fálétí’s Writings

Arbitrer, 2023
This study discussed strategies of humour in Adébáyọ̀ Àkàndé Fálétí’s writings. It interrogates how humour as a universal human interactional phenomenon is used to particularly entertain, checkmate human excesses and chastise societal ills in a ...
Dayo Akanmu, Francis Yede
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The 'Other' laughs back: Humour and resistance in anti-racist comedy [PDF]

, 2010
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2010 The Author.This article outlines the ‘reverse discourses’ of black, African-American and Afro-Caribbean comedians in the UK and USA ...
Weaver, S
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