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Contingent dynamics of political humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 This article introduces the themes of the special issue. It offers a provisional working conception of “political humour.” It then notes some of the tendencies and challenges for scholarship on political humour, namely, that political humour interacts ...
Sammy Basu, Massih Zekavat
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Pragmeme of Political Humour in Selected Nigerian Political Cartoons
Journal of Language and Education, 2019 Political humour is a recurring element in print media and other genres, touching various areas of Nigerian political discourse. A number of research studies have investigated political humour in contemporary Nigerian political discourse.
Tolulope Oluremi
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Humour as political aesthetics in street protests during the political Ice Age [PDF]
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 This article analyses humour as a part of carnival aesthetics in urban social movements. It regards humour’s place in street protests as an aesthetic experience that brings forth an interplay of joy, imagination and freedom.
Tijen Tunali
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 The paper deals with Ukrainian President’s Zelensky image in political cartoons and memes. They are forms of political humour and can be examined in an interdisciplinary manner.
Orest Semotiuk, Viktoriya Shevchenko
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Humour as resistance: Disaster humour in post-9/11 United States
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2015 This paper studies the evolution of political humour in media in the United States after 9/11. Previous research has identified patterns in the evolution of jokes on the Internet but a study of patterns of humour in mainstream media remain scarce.
Aju Basil James
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 This study investigates the diffusion of a new political language based on humour and irony into Turkish politics. The Taksim Gezi Park Protests, in addition to introducing a new subject to Turkish politics, led to a new language that places humour at ...
Gunes Ekin Aksan
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 Humour has a unique way of delineating social boundaries, and comedy can function as a double-edged sword; it can strengthen bonds and bring people together, or divide through provocation and violation of social norms.
Sara Ödmark
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MULTIMODALITY OF INCONGRUITY AS COGNITIVE MECHANISM OF CREATING HUMOUR: CASE STUDY OF POLITICAL STAND-UP COMEDY [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2023 The problem of humour is complex and transcends aesthetic boundaries. Laughter is a product of interactions between individuals, social groups, cultures and epochs, with a far-reaching significance that attracts the attention of various scientific fields.
Yuliia O. Savina
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#ForgiveUsForWeHaveSinned: Conceptual integration theory and political Internet humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 The aim of the paper is to uncover the extent to which different forms of political Internet humour can criticise current political affairs in a developing democracy such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. Specifically, applying a cognitive linguistic theory of
Nihada Delibegovic Dzanic +1 more
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2013 The aim of this paper is to compare the appreciation of humor that a sample of citizens in Spain has expressed about two different types of ethnic humor produced by two successful television programs from two autonomous communities in Spain: the Basque ...
Carmelo Moreno
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