Fandom versus citizenship: the “weirdisation” of politics

This paper examines occurrences of humour in Twitter-fed celebrity-follower communities. Using a small, one-month sample of the Twitter feeds of 12 British celebrities, we examined political and humorous content of celebrity tweets and the first five responses from their followers. From this prelimi...

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Main Authors: Delia Chiaro, Nikita Lobanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2021-11-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/527