The thesis involves the annotation of 7,552 tweets – published during the 2022 election campaign by 38 Italian politicians – in order to examine the presence of humor, its communicative functions, and any differences related to socio-demographic variables (age and gender of politicians) and political variables (party leader, party affiliation, coalition). Furthermore, a chapter is devoted to the study of humor markers and their relationship with the communicative functions of humor. Furthermore, two chapters are devoted to the analysis of two types of humor, namely: mock-(im)politeness and humorous hashtags. These chapters provide quantitative data and a detailed description of several examples. Overall, the project proves valuable both for understanding the use of humor in online political discourse and for exploring the methodological and theoretical issues associated with humor.
La tesi consiste nell'annotazione di 7552 tweet – pubblicati durante la campagna elettorale (2022) da 38 politici italiani – al fine di esaminare la presenza dell’umorismo, le sue funzioni comunicative e le eventuali differenze d'uso legate a variabili socio-demografiche (età e genere dei politici) e politiche (essere leader di partito, partito di appartenenza, coalizione). Inoltre, un capitolo specifico è dedicato allo studio degli humor markers e alla loro relazione con le funzioni comunicative dello humor. In aggiunta, due capitoli esaminano due tipologie peculiari di humor, vale a dire: mock-(Im)-politeness e gli humorous hashtags. Questi capitoli, oltre ad offrire dati di tipo quantitativo, presentano la descrizione dettagliata di numerosi esempi. Complessivamente il lavoro è utile sia per una comprensione del funzionamento dello humor nel discorso politico in Rete sia per le questioni metodologiche e teoriche affrontate in merito allo humor.
Humor and Political Discourse: a Corpus-Based Study of Italian Politicians on X
BIANCO, Antonio
2026
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The thesis involves the annotation of 7,552 tweets – published during the 2022 election campaign by 38 Italian politicians – in order to examine the presence of humor, its communicative functions, and any differences related to socio-demographic variables (age and gender of politicians) and political variables (party leader, party affiliation, coalition). Furthermore, a chapter is devoted to the study of humor markers and their relationship with the communicative functions of humor. Furthermore, two chapters are devoted to the analysis of two types of humor, namely: mock-(im)politeness and humorous hashtags. These chapters provide quantitative data and a detailed description of several examples. Overall, the project proves valuable both for understanding the use of humor in online political discourse and for exploring the methodological and theoretical issues associated with humor.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/362266
URN:NBN:IT:UNIBG-362266