The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research

• Autore: Vanderheiden Elisabeth
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (675 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.481
• Altri autori: MayerClaude-Hélène
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword: Expanding the Horizons of Humour Research -- Foreword: Insights into Humor Research - A Historical Approach -- Contents -- Notes on Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Examples -- List of Tweets -- List of Tables -- 1: Humour as a Resource: Psychological, Cultural and Social Perspectives -- 1.1 Preliminary Note -- 1.2 Introduction -- 1.3 Contemporary Humour Research -- 1.3.1 Humour in the Context of the Pandemic -- 1.3.2 Humour in the Context of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- 1.4 Insights into the Volume's Content and Its Contribution -- References -- Part I: Intersections of Humour and Technology in Human Interaction -- 2: Investigating the Internal Cohesion of Meme Cycles: How Many (Sub)cycles Can Be Generated by a Memetic Drift? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 From Joke Cycles to Meme Cycles -- 2.3 The Meme Cycle Under Scrutiny -- 2.4 Research Methodology -- 2.5 The Findings of the Analysis in DTH Terms -- 2.5.1 The Original Metapragmatic Subcycle -- 2.5.2 The Political Subcycle -- 2.5.3 The COVID-19 Subcycle -- 2.5.4 The Sociocultural Subcycle -- 2.5.5 The Sports Subcycle -- 2.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 3: Should Technology Be More Fun(ny)? Leveraging Humor to Improve User Acceptance and Enjoyment of Social Robots and Virtual Agents -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Technology -- 3.3 How Can Psychology Contribute to the Design of Humorous Interactions with Social Technology? -- 3.3.1 Technology Acceptance and Hedonistic Factors -- 3.3.2 Automatizing Production and Recognition of Humor -- 3.4 How Can Integrating Humor in Technology Design Improve Interaction Outcomes? -- 3.4.1 Promoting Healthy Behavior and Behavior Change -- 3.4.2 Minimizing the Impact of Robotic Failure. ; 3.5 Where to Go Next and What Are the Challenges Ahead? -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Humour as a Social and Cultural Construct: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Implications -- 4: Humour in People with Handicaps: A Systematic Review -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theories of Disability Humour -- 4.3 The Study -- 4.3.1 Objectives -- 4.3.2 Method -- 4.3.3 Results -- 4.4 Disability Humour -- 4.5 Conditions-specific Findings -- 4.5.1 Intellectual Disabilities -- 4.5.2 Attention Deficit Disorder (Hyperactivity) Disorder -- 4.5.3 Learning Disabilities -- 4.5.4 Deaf Humour -- 4.5.5 Blind Humour -- 4.5.6 Neurological Handicaps -- 4.5.7 Psychiatric Disabilities -- 4.6 Humour as Therapeutic Aide for Disabled -- 4.7 Conclusions -- References -- 5: Predicting Self-Esteem Using Humor Styles: A Cross-Cultural Study -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Humor Styles -- 5.1.2 Humor Styles and Well-being -- 5.1.3 The Relationship Between Humor Styles and Self-Esteem -- 5.1.4 Present Study -- 5.2 Method -- 5.2.1 Participants and Procedure -- 5.2.2 Materials -- 5.2.3 Statistical Analyses -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Descriptive Results and Correlations -- 5.3.2 Demographic Variables -- 5.3.3 Predicting Self-Esteem -- 5.4 Discussion -- 5.4.1 Self-Esteem and Humor -- 5.4.2 Limitations and Future Directions -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6: The Use of Humour to Deal with Uncomfortable Moments in Interaction: A Cross-Cultural Approach -- 6.1 Introduction: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Humour -- 6.2 Methodological Approach -- 6.2.1 Four-Dimensional Model -- Dimension 1: The Speaker/Target/Recipient Interplay -- Dimension 2: The Language Dimension -- Dimension 3: The Different Pragmatic Functions -- Dimension 4: The Interactional Dimension -- 6.2.2 Data -- 6.3 Overall Trends -- 6.4 Representative Examples. ; 6.4.1 Self-Disclosure (Inglorious Moments) -- 6.4.2 Embarrassing Questions -- 6.4.3 Culture-Specific Examples -- 6.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- 6.5.1 Dimension 1: The Speaker/Target/Recipient Interplay -- 6.5.2 Dimension 2: The Language Dimension -- 6.5.3 Dimension 3: The Different Pragmatic Functions -- 6.5.4 Dimension 4: The Interactional Dimension -- 6.6 Areas for Future Research -- 6.7 Transcription Conventions -- References -- 7: Humour as a Strategy to Talk About and Challenge Dominant Discourses of Social Integration: A Case Study of Adolescent German Turkish Descendants in Germany -- 7.1 Introduction and Background -- 7.1.1 German Turks in Germany -- 7.1.2 Humour as a Means to Talk About Issues of Social Integration -- 7.2 Research Methodology -- 7.3 Findings and Analysis -- 7.3.1 Humour to Challenge, Resist, and Possibly Change Current Mainstream Discourses About the Difficulties of Social Integration -- 7.3.2 Humour to Collaboratively Make Meaning of Experiences in a Difficult Context -- 7.3.3 Humour to Assist Speakers to Talk About the Unsayable -- 7.4 Discussion -- 7.5 Conclusion and Future Research -- References -- 8: The Position of Humour in Social Crises: When and What Does Turkish Society Laugh at? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Humour: Source of Resilience -- 8.3 Turkey in the Context of Cultural and Social Properties -- 8.3.1 Humour in Turkey -- 8.4 The Social Crises in Turkey's Near Term -- 8.4.1 Resignation of CHP's Leader, 2010 -- 8.4.2 The Match-Fixing Scandal in Fenerbahçe Football Club, 2011 -- 8.4.3 Syrian Migration Wave, 2012 -- 8.4.4 Gezi Park Protests, 2013 -- 8.4.5 Increase of Inflation, 2014 -- 8.4.6 March 31st Power Outage, 2015 -- 8.4.7 July 15th Coup Attempt, 2016 -- 8.4.8 Referendum for a Constitutional Amendment, 2017 -- 8.4.9 Economic Crises, 2018 -- 8.4.10 Shopping Bag Sale, 2019. ; 8.4.11 Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020 -- 8.5 Humour Inspired by the Crises -- 8.6 Method -- 8.7 Results -- 8.8 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 9: Humour as Cultural Capital in Transitions -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Study: Migrant Doctors in Chile -- 9.3 The Interviews -- 9.4 Cultural Capital of Migrants and Humour -- 9.5 Functions of Humour as Cultural Capital -- 9.6 Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10: Nigerian Cultural Concept of Humour and Its Creative Use as a Coping Strategy -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 An Overview of Humour -- 10.2.1 What Is Humour? -- 10.2.2 Theories of Humour -- 10.3 Humour and Culture -- 10.4 Nigerian Cultural Conceptions of Humour -- 10.4.1 An Overview of the Cultural Contexts of the Igbo, Yoruba and Ogoni of Nigeria -- 10.4.2 The Ogoni and Humour -- 10.4.3 The Igbo and Humour -- 10.4.4 The Yoruba and Humour -- 10.5 Creativity and Humour in Nigeria -- 10.6 Humour and Memes in Nigerian Culture -- 10.7 Contemporary Nigerian Perspectives of Humour -- 10.8 Humour, Survival and Creative Coping Strategy in Nigeria -- 10.9 Conclusion -- 10.10 Recommendations for Future Research -- References -- 11: Interrogating the Phenomenon of Suffering and Smiling by Nigerians: A Mixed Methods Study -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Literature Review -- 11.3 Method -- 11.3.1 Participants -- 11.3.2 Procedure and Instrument -- 11.3.3 Data Analysis -- 11.4 Results -- 11.4.1 Quantitative Analysis of Data -- Descriptive Statistics -- Bivariate Analyses -- Suffering and Smiling Items by Gender -- Suffering and Smiling Items by Educational Attainment -- Suffering and Smiling Items by Religion -- 11.4.2 Qualitative Analysis of the Data -- 11.5 Discussion -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Humour in Geopolitical and Cultural Landscapes: Tensions and Transgressions. ; 12: Ukrainian Humor in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian War: Cognitive and Stylistic Features -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Methodology -- 12.3 The 'Availability Heuristic' Cognitive Pattern in the War-Time Ukrainian Humorous Discourse -- 12.3.1 Sample Jokes -- 12.4 The War-Time Ukrainian Humorous Discourse in Literature Journalism Style -- 12.5 'Negativity Thinking' Cognitive Pattern in the Ukrainian War-Time Black Humor -- 12.5.1 Sample Black Humor Jokes -- 12.6 Conclusions -- 12.7 Needs for Future Research -- References -- 13: Humor as a Defense Mechanism: Dismantling Holocaust Symbols and Icons in Israeli Culture -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Israel as a Unique Sphere of Holocaust Awareness -- 13.3 Black Humor as a Defense Mechanism -- 13.4 Humoring Holocaust Icons in Israeli Culture -- 13.5 Concentration Camps: Villain Nazis, Barbed Wires, Barking Dogs -- 13.6 Mocking Hitler -- 13.7 Anne Frank -- 13.8 Conclusion -- References -- 14: Geopolitics of Humour and Development in Nepal and Afghanistan -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Humour and Geopolitics -- 14.3 Methodology -- 14.4 Phale Tibetans in Nepal -- 14.4.1 Humour at the Time-Space of Departure -- 14.4.2 Playful with the Police -- 14.5 Afghanistan -- 14.6 Conclusions -- References -- 15: Humour and Politics: Linguistic Features of Humour Construction -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.1.1 Defining Humour -- 15.2 Theoretical Framework -- 15.2.1 The Enunciative Approach to Point of View -- 15.3 Research Methodology -- 15.4 Data Analysis -- 15.4.1 Doing Nonsense Humour -- 15.4.2 The POV: A Nuclear Strategy of RAP's Humour Construction -- 15.5 Conclusions -- References -- 16: White Laughter, Black Pain? On the Comic and Parodic Enactment of Racial-Colonial Stereotypes -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 From Provoking Moral Outrage to Engendering Psychic Discordance. ; 16.3 Purge Your Racial Unconscious, One Joke at a Time?.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research
• ISBN: 3-031-52288-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910865278403321
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