Salvatore Attardo

Humor 2.0 (eBook, ePUB)

How the Internet Changed Humor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book shows how humor has changed since the advent of the internet: new genres, new contexts, and new audiences. The book provides a guide to such phenomena as memes, video parodies, photobombing, and cringe humor. Included are also in-depth discussions of the humor in phenomena such as Dogecoin, the joke currency, and the use of humor by the alt-right. It also shows how the cognitive mechanisms of humor remain unchanged. Written by a well-known specialist in humor studies, the book is engaging and readable, but also based on extensive scholarship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839988578
• Artikelnr.: 68385301

Autorenporträt

Salvatore Attardo is a well-known humor scholar, who has published several books on humor and edited the Encyclopedia of Humor Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1.Humor and the Internet
2.Memetics
3.Humor Theory
Part 1.New genres
4.The New Language of Humor
5.The Compilation
6.Internet Cartoons
7.Stuff White People Like
8.Dogecoin, the Joke Currency
9. The Spoiler Alert
10.Satirical News Websites and Fake News
Part 2.Memes and More Memes
11.Memetic Drift or The Alliteration Arsonist
12.The Saga of Boaty McBoatface
13.A General Theory of Grumpy Cats
14.The Pastafarian Memeplex: Joke Religion as a System
15.When Chuck Norris Is Waiting, Godot Comes
16.The Half-life of a Meme: The Rise and Fall of Memes
Part 3.Multimodality
17.Hitler's Opinion on the Parking Situation in Tel Aviv
18.Photobombing as Figure Ground Reversal
19."Hard to Watch": Cringe and Embarrassment Humor
20.Humor Videos
21.Reaction Videos
Part 4.The Dark Side of Internet Humor
22.The Use of Humor by the Alt-Right
23.4chan, Trolls and Lulz: Fascists at Play
24.Pepe, Kek and Friends
Conclusion: Plus ça change...
Bibliography
Author
Index
Subject Index