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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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Language and Semiotic StudiesNewspaper political cartoons, known for their satirical nature, employ semiotic and linguistic techniques to comment on or criticise political leaders and events humorously.
Osisanwo Ayo, Atoloye Lekan
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Emperors’ Nicknames and Roman Political Humour
Klio, 2020 SummaryThe article examines unofficial imperial nicknames, sobriquets and appellatives, from Octavian Augustus to Julian the Apostate, in the light of traditions of Roman political humour, and argues that in the political field during the Principate there were two co-existing competing modes of emperors’ naming: along with an official one, politically ...
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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, 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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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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Humour and Politics: A Discursive Approach to Humour
, 2021 Power has always been a desirable target for humour. It seems politicians are easy to make fun of. In fact, humour and politics are interrelated from times immemorial and they are a favoured field of research in the Human and Social Sciences. The aim of this study is to show the potential of a discursive-enunciative category, the point of view (POV ...
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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
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