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Abstract Drawing on historical and theoretical accounts that treat satire as a mobile mode rather than a fixed genre, I argue that satire’s political orientation
Abstract Humour studies have paid some attention to the risky nature of the professional activity of satirists in non-democratic societies, where legal censorship and political
Abstract Dark humour, i.e. humour engaging with sinister or distressing topics, is often at the centre of complex legal cases regarding freedom of expression and
Abstract The 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
Abstract What is a Muslim joke? While Jewish humour is a common topic for Western researchers (Davies, 1991), Muslim humour is underexplored in the Western
Abstract This article focuses on popular understandings of how to combat conspiracy theories. Our case study is an Estonian-language Facebook group, “Victory of Light! Continuation”,
Abstract This article examines how Jordanian political humour has been strategically employed in social media spaces since the 2011 Arab uprisings. It explores how right-wing
Abstract In 2020, an unprecedented public discussion sought to denounce racist humour in Mexican mainstream and social media, especially targeting Indigenous people. Against the organisers’
Abstract Over the last decade, humour has undergone a metamorphosis, becoming a rhetorical weapon for—what appears to be—primarily right-wing populist politicians (Beck and Spencer, 2024;
Abstract This article challenges the prevailing assumption that the offence and outrage expressed during contemporary cartoon controversies are spontaneous reactions to satirical attacks. Instead, it
Abstract This special issue examines how humour and conflict intersect in the digitally networked public sphere. Building on work that has grown out of various
Abstract Pragmatic concepts and theories have largely explored naturally occurring conversations in varied social-political, cultural, and religious contexts. Yet, not so much has been done
Abstract This study investigates the use of humorous memes in times of mourning from a contrastive English-Spanish perspective. The study of the discourse of death
Abstract Book review References Choedon, P. (2023). Unseen homeland: The construction of Tibet in the diaspora. University of Tartu Press. Choedon, P. (2021). Miss Tibet.
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Abstract Although L2 learners report having great difficulty responding to humour, research on this area is lacking. There is also a relative lack of studies
Abstract This commentary article explores audience responses to the European Commission’s use of memetic content on its Instagram page. Using inductive thematic analysis, this study
