Political Humour in the Social Network Sites
Studies in Media and Communication, 2018 “Social network sites” first began to be used as new tools of political communication during the 2008 Presidential Election in the United States, and their importance became even more apparent during the Arab Spring. In the course of this, the social network sites became a new and widely discussed channel of communication. In addition to its ability to
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Anatomy of social media humour in Ghana
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis study examines the use of humour on Ghanaian social media through a multimodal lens, focusing on how content creators use different modes such as verbal and multimodal (images, memes, and cartoons) modes to engage the audience. Drawing on Kress and van Leeuwen’s Visual Grammar framework as well Attardo and Raskin’s General Theory of Verbal Humour,
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Humour as ‘social dreaming’: Stand-up comedy as therapeutic performance [PDF]
Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 2012 Stand-up comedy binds dramatic cultural spectacle to ritualised, intimate exposure. Examining ‘case’ examples from live comic performance, this paper describes stand-up as a kind of social dreaming. The article proposes a theoretical frame drawing on Thomas Ogden’s notion of ‘talking as dreaming’ and psychoanalytic accounts connecting humour and ...
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Humour and empathy in children's social relationships
, 2008 This study explored the link between use of humour and empathy among elementary school age children. Based on research demonstrating high levels of empathy in individuals who behave pro-socially and lower levels of empathy in individuals who behave antisocially, it was hypothesized that empathy (cognitive and affective) would be positively associated ...
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Revisiting the social and religious value of humour
Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 2019 The aim of the article is to revisit and reintroduce the social and religious significance of humour. The chapter will examine humour as a complex human action by focusing on the function thereof in everyday life. The discussion will be informed by examples of the value of humour for physical and mental health, politics and religion.
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Audiovisual Translation of Persian Humour on Social Media
International Journal of Linguistics and Translation Studies, 2021 Using a blend of methods including existing subtitling models in Audiovisual Translation (AVT), Functionalism in Translation Studies, the General Theory of Verbal Humour, Cultural Linguistics (CuL) and careful analysis of numerous examples of Persian humour on social media, i.e.
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The Effects of Humor in Clinical Settings on Medical Trainees and the Implications for Medical Educators: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Med Sci Educ, 2023 Garcia JT +5 more
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A corpus-based pragmatic analysis of Jordanians Facebook status updates during COVID-19. [PDF]
Ampersand (Oxford), 2023 Abdalhadi H +3 more
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All of Residency's a Stage: Fostering Authenticity and Individuality Among Learners. [PDF]
Med Sci Educ, 2023 Kilian A, Do V, Sonnenberg LK.
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Children's perspectives on friendships and socialization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative approach. [PDF]
Child Care Health Dev, 2022 Larivière-Bastien D +9 more
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