Pathology of Comparative Humor Studies (1378-1400) by Raziye Jafari, Mohammad Hosein karami Karami

“…Today, we see many comparative studies in the field of humor studies. By examining and analyzing the content of comparative humor research articles, this research shows the quantity and quality of these articles, and to what extent they are written based on the scientific principles of comparative studies, and what are their strengths and weaknesses.  …”
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Review: Attardo, Salvatore (Ed.) (2014). Encyclopedia of humor studies. (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. by Giovannantonio Forabosco

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Low occurrence of arthritic manifestations in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: T cell subsets and humoral studies by Diana Dlugovitzky, Ariel Torres, María C. Hourquescos, María J. Svetaz, Norberto Quagliato, Eduardo Valentini, Beatriz Amigot, Osvaldo Molteni, Oscar Bottasso

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Cringe and Sympathy: The Comedy of Mental Illness in <i>Flowers</i> by Linda M. Hess

“…This article on brings together findings from humor studies, especially work on cringe comedy, and disability studies. …”
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Laughing at Politicians to Make Justice: The Moral Component of Humor in Appraising Politicians by Andrés Mendiburo-Seguel, Stephanie Alenda, Darío Páez, Patricio Navia

“…We discuss possible explanations for this finding and implications for political psychology and humor studies.…”
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Monsters revisited: a comparative study of the use of humor in dramatizing benevolent monsters in The Monsters under the Bed and The Boy Who Loved Monsters and the Girl Who Loved P... by Heidi Mohamed Bayoumy

“…Dominic Garramone and Osb and the St.Bede Theater Troupe, and The Boy Who Loved Monsters and the Girl Who Loved Peas (2013) by Jonathan Graham. Drawing upon humor studies, monster studies, and child psychology, the paper attempts to analyze the use of humor in portraying friendly monsters in the selected works reflecting how it is through them that the children protagonists revisit their views of monsters and understand that they are a reflection of themselves (their needs/fears). …”
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Brightening Biochemistry: Humor, identity, and scientific work at the sir william dunn institute of biochemistry, 1923–1931 by Scheffler, RW

“…Taking methodological cues from cultural history, ethnography, and humor studies, this essay conducts a close and contextual reading of Brighter Biochemistry. …”
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Comics and humor as a mode of government communication on public hygiene posters in Singapore by Matwick, Keri, Matwick, Kelsi

“…Drawing upon sociopragmatic humor studies (Attardo, 2020; El-Arousy, 2007) and multimodal discourse analysis (Kress & Van Leeuwen, 2006), the comic posters are read as verbal-visual representations set within a specific sociopolitical context. …”
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Brightening Biochemistry: Humor, identity, and scientific work at the sir william dunn institute of biochemistry, 1923–1931 by Scheffler, Robin W

“…Taking methodological cues from cultural history, ethnography, and humor studies, this essay conducts a close and contextual reading of Brighter Biochemistry. …”
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Challenging the stereotype through humor? Comic female scientists in animated TV series for young audiences by Jade Soucy-Humphreys, Karina Judd, Anna-Sophie Jürgens

“…Interpreting these findings in light of science communication research, gender studies, popular entertainment studies and humor studies, this article adds new perspectives to our understanding of humor in science narratives and the public imagination, and provides new insights for the study of the intangible aspects of science in culture.…”
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