Why so serious? : an interdisciplinary approach to humour and play in satirical discourse /

Satire blends verbal irony, humor, and parody into a subtle critique, usually aimed towards a social or political wrong. Satirical language and media have been studied by a wide range of academic disciplines, including literary studies, media and cultural studies, mass communications, and various li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skalicky, Stephen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2025]
Series:Language play and creativity ; v. 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1 The case of the fake police page
  • 2 The forest and the trees
  • 3 Laughing at the world: Satire, culture, and politics
  • 4 Fake news? Satire, news, and mass communication
  • 5 Social cognition: Modeling satire
  • 6 Mind games: Measuring satire comprehension
  • 7 Subverting your expectations: Corpus linguistics, irony, and satire
  • 8 Artificial artificial intelligence: Can computers detect satire?
  • 9 Satire and humor
  • 10 Getting to the point: Satire and play
  • 11 A reasonable reader
  • 12 What do we know about satire?
  • 13 What do we know about satire?
  • References
  • Index