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Publication details [#63865]
Walsbergerová, Tereza. 2018. Laughing at robots: synthesising humour and cyber-paranoia in portayals of artificial intelligece in welcome to Night Vale. The European Journal of Humour Research 6 (3) : 1–12.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
The European Journal of Humour Research
Annotation
This paper handles the blend of humour and paranoia in artificial intelligence (AI) depictions in the popular American podcast Welcome to Night Vale (2012-). This blend
upholds doubt by producing ambiguity moments within the narratives, possibly letting the reader or audience caught between fear and laughter after the story closes.