Political-electoral memes and interactional humour on Twitter [PDF]
, 2023 Abstract This chapter presents the results of a qualitative study of a corpus of replies to humoristic memes, which were published and viralised on Twitter during the Spanish general elections campaign held on November 2019.
Ana Pano Alamán, Ana Mancera Rueda
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“I get it, but it’s just not funny”: Why humour fails, after all is said and done
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 Failed humour can be explained by communicative gaps, at either the semantic or pragmatic levels, but sometimes, after all is ‘said and done’, people resist humour for purely discursive reasons.
Adrian Hale
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De-contextualisation fuels controversy: the double-edged sword of humour in a hybrid media environment [PDF]
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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A Thing of Humour? Exploring Gender and Hostile Humour in Alberta Political Cartoons [PDF]
, 2018 This thesis addresses the intersections existing between gender, violence and political humour in Alberta political cartoons. I ask the following question: do cartoonists more frequently use hostile humour to represent women premiers, and, if so, what do these representations communicate about gender and political leadership and Alberta political ...
Wilissa M. Reist
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Editorial for special issue on education and humour: Education and humour as tools for social awareness and critical consciousness in contemporary classrooms [PDF]
, 2015 It is not new to consider the instructive power of humour. Both Plato and Aristotle, through their superiority theories, saw the benefit of wit as a social corrective, although they remained suspicious of the uneducated laughter of the masses (Plato in ...
Mora, RA, Weaver, S, Lindo, LM
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The experience of humour in Asperger’s syndrome [PDF]
, 2010 A Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Counselling Psychology.This study investigated the experience of humour of people with Asperger’s syndrome.
Ruggeri, Susan
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Humour to learn Mathematics: mathematical tasks to laugh and learn [PDF]
, 2021 Good mood and wellbeing make work and learning much easier. And this is what humour is really all about, to make people feel well and to make them laugh. Humour will minimise stressful situations and facilitate communication. Among the different forms of
Viseu, Floriano +6 more
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Humour and belonging: a thematic review [PDF]
, 2022 Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their ...
Jessica Milner Davis +3 more
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Humour as social dreaming:Stand-up comedy as therapeutic performance [PDF]
, 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.
MacRury, Iain
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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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