Publications

Publication details [#46450]

Bull, Peter and Pam Wells. 2007. From Politics to Comedy. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 26 (4) : 321–342.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | behavior | comedy | political language

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Drawing on televised stand-up comedy routines, this paper explores key similarities and dissimilarities between audiences' affiliative behavior towards political speakers and stand-up comedians.