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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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“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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Humour scandals in the Finnish political public sphere in 1990–2020
The European Journal of Humour ResearchHumour is a part of contemporary mediated political struggles. At times, humour itself becomes politicised, turning into public controversies or humour scandals.
Juha Herkman, Joonas Koivukoski
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The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis article examines how Jordanian political humour has been strategically employed in social media spaces since the 2011 Arab uprisings. It explores how right-wing ideologies have given rise to Jordanian political humour, particularly of a populist ...
Yousef Barahmeh
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The Belarus-Poland migrant crisis
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThe migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian and Lithuanian-Belarusian borders has resulted in border crossing restrictions and the construction of walls separating Poland and Lithuania from Belarus.
Anastasiya Fiadotava +1 more
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Humour as a political communication strategy
The European Journal of Humour ResearchIn an era of growing political disaffection, humour has become a powerful tool in the populist communication arsenal. This article argues that, particularly in democratic contexts marked by declining trust in institutions, populist politicians ...
Adam North
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Editorial: Dis laf fit kill person - An overview of Nigerian humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 In Nigeria, in relation to the aforesaid functions, everyday citizens and professional humourists use humour to express their expectations from and disappointments in the socio-political leadership of the country.
Ibukun Filani
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Poola poliitiline huumor [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2013 This article is a survey of the most important communicative phenomena in the contemporary Polish political humour. It is also an attempt to describe political humour from a theoretical point of view and to compare it with political jokes from a period ...
Marcin Poprawa
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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The writerly reporter: Saki as correspondent for The Outlook
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014 In February of 1914 Saki began to write Potted Parliament (‘potted’ being the English expression for ‘in a nutshell’ or ‘for dummies’) for The Outlook, a London weekly. His commentary contains much satire.
Lorene M. Birden
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