While most of the literature has focused on the individual-level effects of humor, the number
of studies addressing and analyzing humor in its social context as a group-level …

This study explores humorous intertextual media references in the audio-recorded everyday
talk of a European American friend group. Focusing on stereotypes of ethnically-marked …

The effective leadership of, and within, sports teams has consistently been highlighted to be
an important factor impacting upon a range of outcomes including team performance, and …

This article explores the footballing Twitter community and the abundance of tweets that use
discriminatory humour to 'Other'minorities. With a 32% increase in instances of …

Data reveals that in 2017 in Brazil, there were 63,698 reported cases of hate speech on the
internet, with one-third of these being related to racist discourses. Another study reveals that …

In this article, we draw on audio-recordings of authentic job interviews to explore the various
ways in which candidates use humour to establish, confirm or claim co-membership with the …

Cross-group friendships are often assumed to be a panacea to intergroup conflict. However,
the irony of harmony hypothesis suggests that friendships can have negative consequences …

The investigation and unmasking of racial inequality have been one of the cornerstones of
the critical turn in TESOL, so much so that a significant body of literature on the topic now …

Racism is a major social and cultural problem that has, in various forms, plagued football for
a long time. Despite the attempts of official bodies to root it out, racist talk and behaviour are …

The accessibility and interactivity of Twitter both facilitate athlete-fan interaction and
contribute to the time/space compression between sporting events and communication …