Putting the “self” in self-deprecation: When deprecating humor about minorities is acceptable
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Morgan Ellithorpe
Morgan Ellithorpe is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at the Ohio State University
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Sarah Esralew
Sarah Esralew received her M. A. from the School of Communication at the Ohio State University in 2013 and is currently a Research Analyst with RRC associates.Lance Holbert is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Strategic Communication in the College of Media and Communication at Temple University.
Abstract
This study tested how source knowledge affects enjoyment of self-deprecating humor about a minority group. Participants made aware that the source of a message poking fun at people with disabilities was himself disabled had more positive evaluations of the cartoon and author than participants unaware of his disability. Participants initially given no source information judged the author more positively the second time when they were given follow-up source information. Finally, some effects were moderated by the disability status of the message receiver, such that having a disability or knowing someone who does predicted higher liking of the cartoons when the author is disabled but lower liking when he is not. The results suggest a role for self-deprecating humor in intergroup relations, and predict when such humor will be accepted by minority and non-minority group members.
About the authors
Morgan Ellithorpe is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at the Ohio State University
Sarah Esralew received her M. A. from the School of Communication at the Ohio State University in 2013 and is currently a Research Analyst with RRC associates.
Lance Holbert is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Strategic Communication in the College of Media and Communication at Temple University.
©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Frontmatter
- Putting the “self” in self-deprecation: When deprecating humor about minorities is acceptable
- Humor use, reactions to social comments, and social anxiety
- The role of identification with women as a determinant of amusement with sexist humor
- Analyzing structure and function in humor: Preliminary sketch of a message-centered model
- Chilean Spanish version of the State Trait Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI-T-60, trait form): Individual and couple forms
- The effects of humor cartoons in a series of bestselling academic books
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Putting the “self” in self-deprecation: When deprecating humor about minorities is acceptable
- Humor use, reactions to social comments, and social anxiety
- The role of identification with women as a determinant of amusement with sexist humor
- Analyzing structure and function in humor: Preliminary sketch of a message-centered model
- Chilean Spanish version of the State Trait Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI-T-60, trait form): Individual and couple forms
- The effects of humor cartoons in a series of bestselling academic books
- Book Reviews
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
