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?Every joke is a tiny revolution?: networked civic comedy as a tool of social change

Abstract

Borrowing from Henry Jenkins? notion of the ?civic imagination?, which he defines as the capacity to create positive social change by imagining better alternatives to current social and political problems, this study advances the notion of ?civic humor?. I define civic humor through its potential to answer four questions: (1) who is making the joke?

Keywords:
Joke Social change Politics Comedy Field (mathematics) Construct (python library)

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Topics

Humor Studies and Applications
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Social Psychology
Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Social Psychology
Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Philosophy

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