Although easily absorbed initially, political cartoons possess a complexity of method and
context that affects attempts to study them. The disciplinary home of this scholarship is not …

Failed humour can be explained by communicative gaps, at either the semantic or pragmatic
levels, but sometimes, after all is 'said and done', people resist humour for purely discursive …

While the appeal of humor lies, typically, in its very spontaneity and original contextual
incongruity, there is also the chance of an 'afterlife'for the humorous text. In most cases, the …

This study explores the use of sexist humor targeting a woman politician in public comments
online. We examine the case of a Philippine woman senator and analyze jokes about her …

Political cartoons are an established form of political satire and visual communication with
an essentially negative, uncivil character. Apart from infamous 'incidents' related to the …

Recent years witnessed a growing concern about uncivil politics in the parliamentary,
electoral and media arenas (Carter, 1997; Shea and Sproveri, 2012). Ad hominem …

The main purpose of this was to examine the current Chinese satirical/political cartoons by
studying anti-corruption cartoons. Also, to answer the question from an online discussion …

National affairs correspondent for The Age, Tony Wright, expressed widespread frustration
at the media-managed frivolity of the 2010 federal election campaign when he asserted on …

Abstract 'Dame Edna Everage', a persona originally created by the Australian comedian
Barry Humphries in 1955, is a character designed to simultaneously shock and amuse …