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Exploring the Sociopragmatics of Online Humor
Villy Tsakona
[Topics in Humor Research 12] 2024
► pp. 103–125

Chapter 4
Humorous ambiguity – or why humor may engender diverse and contradictory interpretations

Article outline
  • 4.1Introductory remarks
  • 4.2On humor and social discrimination
  • 4.3The co-existence of racist and antiracist discourse
  • 4.4The genre of satirical news
  • 4.5Data description
  • 4.6Data analysis
    • 4.6.1Explicitly denigrating racists
    • 4.6.2Mocking those trivializing migrants’ lives
    • 4.6.3Targeting those who act for the benefit of migrants
  • 4.7Discussion
  • 4.8Summary
  • Notes