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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2025]
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| 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