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View article: Laughing Through the Myths: Using Satirical Humor to Counter Misinformation About Contraceptives on Social Media
Laughing Through the Myths: Using Satirical Humor to Counter Misinformation About Contraceptives on Social Media Open
The rise of health-related misinformation on social media has caused many young women to shift from hormonal methods to natural contraceptive options. This study examines the effectiveness of satirical corrections in countering misinformat…
View article: More engagement equals more persuasion? How entertainment experiences predict attitudinal effects of satirical news articles
More engagement equals more persuasion? How entertainment experiences predict attitudinal effects of satirical news articles Open
Previous research found that satirical news has mixed effects on attitudes among the public: both large, small, and no effects have been observed. Our research aims to improve our understanding of the explanatory mechanisms behind persuasi…
View article: The underlying mechanisms of the persuasiveness of different types of satirical news messages
The underlying mechanisms of the persuasiveness of different types of satirical news messages Open
Research into the persuasiveness of satirical news has found mixed results. Two possible explanations lie in the lack of clarity about mechanisms underlying the influence of consuming different types of satirical content. In six experiment…
View article: “Climate-Solutions Polarization”: A Value-based Approach to Understanding Polarization Dynamics around Biomass in Dutch Media Discourse
“Climate-Solutions Polarization”: A Value-based Approach to Understanding Polarization Dynamics around Biomass in Dutch Media Discourse Open
Polarization dynamics around climate change are shifting from debates about the reality and severity of climate change to debates about climate solutions. We propose taking a value-based approach to understanding "climate-solutions polariz…
View article: Metaphor and gender: are words associated with source domains perceived in a gendered way?
Metaphor and gender: are words associated with source domains perceived in a gendered way? Open
Conceptual metaphors are one of many linguistic devices that can potentially encode and reinforce gender stereotypes. However, little is known about how metaphors encode gender stereotypes, and in previous literature the concept of “gender…
View article: 7. Organisations, Media, and Society
7. Organisations, Media, and Society Open
The dynamic interplay between organisations, media, and society is central to this chapter and highlights ASCoR's Corporate Communication group's issue-centred and society-focused approach to explore communication between organisations and…
View article: Taming our Wild Data
Taming our Wild Data Open
Many research questions in the field of applied linguistics are answered by manually analyzing data collections or corpora: collections of spoken, written and/or visual communicative messages. In this kind of quantitative content analysis,…
View article: When “Sometimes” Means “Often”: How Stereotypes Affect Interpretations of Quantitative Expressions
When “Sometimes” Means “Often”: How Stereotypes Affect Interpretations of Quantitative Expressions Open
Two experiments investigated whether interpretations of quantitative expressions about described actors’ behaviors are influenced by stereotypic expectancies. Participants rated sentences containing frequency adverbs describing either ster…
View article: Stereotypical Questions: How Stereotypes About Conversation Partners Are Reflected in Question Formulations
Stereotypical Questions: How Stereotypes About Conversation Partners Are Reflected in Question Formulations Open
In conversations, activated stereotypes about conversation partners can influence communicative behaviors. We investigate whether and how stereotypes about categorized conversation partners shape topic choice and the types of questions ask…
View article: MSDIP: A Method for Coding Source Domains in Metaphor Analysis
MSDIP: A Method for Coding Source Domains in Metaphor Analysis Open
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View article: Metaphorical Humor in Satirical News Shows: A Content Analysis
Metaphorical Humor in Satirical News Shows: A Content Analysis Open
Satirical news is often characterized as a hybrid genre that consists of three important communicative functions: it is (1) humoristic, (2) informative, and (3) evaluative. The Humoristic Metaphors in Satirical News (HMSN) typology demonst…
View article: Frame Repertoires at the Genre Level: An Automated Content Analysis of Character, Emotional, and Moral Framing in Satirical and Regular News
Frame Repertoires at the Genre Level: An Automated Content Analysis of Character, Emotional, and Moral Framing in Satirical and Regular News Open
Previous research suggests that, compared to regular news, satirical news has its own frame repertoire, which differs by outlet characteristics (e.g. medium type, political leaning). We analyzed two large corpora of satirical and regular n…
View article: Attractive or repellent? How right-wing populist voters respond to figuratively framed anti-immigration rhetoric
Attractive or repellent? How right-wing populist voters respond to figuratively framed anti-immigration rhetoric Open
The rhetoric employed by right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) has been seen as a driver for their success. This right-wing populist (RWP) rhetoric is partly characterized by the use of anti-immigration metaphors and hyperboles, which likely…
View article: Humor in Satirical News Headlines: Analyzing Humor Form and Content, and Their Relations with Audience Engagement
Humor in Satirical News Headlines: Analyzing Humor Form and Content, and Their Relations with Audience Engagement Open
Satirical news presents a critique of current affairs through humor. Previous research suggests that satirical news can have different humor forms (e.g. linguistic strategies) and humor contents (e.g. news topics, targets), and that such d…
View article: How live Twitter commentaries by professional sports clubs can reveal intergroup dynamics
How live Twitter commentaries by professional sports clubs can reveal intergroup dynamics Open
Social media can both decrease and increase polarization between social groups. Communicative behaviors associated with intergroup conflict are ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation. In the current paper, we propose that bias in socia…
View article: Prosodic markers of satirical imitation
Prosodic markers of satirical imitation Open
Satirical imitation is a popular format of late-night comedy shows and can provide political entertainment and education. However, little research has been conducted on how satirists mark their satirical intent to clue audiences in on thei…
View article: Cognitive, Emotional and Excitative Responses to Satirical News
Cognitive, Emotional and Excitative Responses to Satirical News Open
While satirical news has the potential to sway viewers’ political opinions, empirical evidence for these effects remains mixed. Although some studies have shown that satire consumption results in viewer attitudes being more in line with sa…
View article: Effects of Communication Style on Competence Evaluations of Soccer Referees: Procedural Versus Relational Framing
Effects of Communication Style on Competence Evaluations of Soccer Referees: Procedural Versus Relational Framing Open
Good communication skills are important for soccer referees, but it remains unclear what exactly constitutes good referee communication. In this article, we focus on the role of verbal framing by soccer referees by contrasting the effects …
View article: Satire from a far-away land: psychological distance and satirical news
Satire from a far-away land: psychological distance and satirical news Open
Satirical news and its effects on outcomes such as appreciation and persuasion have gained considerable currency as a topic of research in mass communication studies. Through the framework of construal level theory, we investigated whether…
View article: How Satirical News Impacts Affective Responses, Learning, and Persuasion: A Three-Level Random-Effects Meta-Analysis
How Satirical News Impacts Affective Responses, Learning, and Persuasion: A Three-Level Random-Effects Meta-Analysis Open
Satirical news blends entertainment with information and opinion. Satire can thus impact various audience responses, such as positive and negative affect, learning, and persuasion. However, the presence and size of these communicative effe…
View article: Plurality in the Measurement of Social Media Use and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Plurality in the Measurement of Social Media Use and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults Open
On a daily basis, individuals between 12 and 25 years of age engage with their mobile devices for many hours. Social Media Use (SMU) has important implications for the social life of younger individuals in particular. However, measuring SM…
View article: From <i>The Daily Show</i> to <i>Last Week Tonight</i>: A Quantitative Analysis of Discursive Integration in Satirical Television News
From <i>The Daily Show</i> to <i>Last Week Tonight</i>: A Quantitative Analysis of Discursive Integration in Satirical Television News Open
Satirical news shows constitute an innovative hybrid genre that mixes regular news and fiction. The discursive integration hypothesis posits that the defining characteristic of satirical news shows is that news and fiction elements are int…
View article: When Figurative Frames Decrease Political Persuasion: The Case of Right-Wing Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
When Figurative Frames Decrease Political Persuasion: The Case of Right-Wing Anti-Immigration Rhetoric Open
The rhetoric used by right-wing anti-immigration politicians is considered important to their political success. Such rhetoric commonly contains figurative frames with metaphor and/or hyperbole. In two experiments (n experiment1 = 411, n e…
View article: Effects of communication style on competence evaluations of soccer referees: Procedural vs. relational framing
Effects of communication style on competence evaluations of soccer referees: Procedural vs. relational framing Open
Good communication skills are important for soccer referees, but it remains unclear what exactly constitutes good referee communication. In this article, we focus on the role of verbal framing by soccer referees by contrasting the effects …
View article: Satirical news from left to right: Discursive integration in written online satire
Satirical news from left to right: Discursive integration in written online satire Open
Previous research suggests that a defining characteristic of satirical news shows (e.g. The Daily Show) is discursive integration: a creative blend of genre conventions of regular news and fiction. This study aimed to extend the concept of…
View article: How journalists and experts metaphorically frame emerging information technologies: The case of cyberinfrastructure for big data
How journalists and experts metaphorically frame emerging information technologies: The case of cyberinfrastructure for big data Open
Journalists and experts contribute to the creation of frames (frame-building) of innovations. However, little is known about the specific contribution of these different societal actors to the frame-building of emerging information technol…
View article: Sounds like a funny joke: Effects of vocal pitch and speech rate on satire liking.
Sounds like a funny joke: Effects of vocal pitch and speech rate on satire liking. Open
Katz (1996, 2005, 2009) has often emphasized the importance of testing effects of irony in its social context. One social context that has not yet received much attention in the literature is the inherently ironic genre of satirical news. …