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Stewart, Patrick. 2012. Laughter on the 2008 campaign trail: How presidential candidates used humor during primary debates. Humor 25 (3) : 233–262. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This article explores the use of humor by US Presidential candidates during the primary political debates of the 2008 campaign season, focusing on the butt of the humorous explanation, the nature of the uttered laughter in source terms, and the last and vigor of the audience response.