Since 2020, the number of ads that use humour as a creative strategy has dropped from more than half to a measly 34% globally across all channels. Sure, we are living in difficult times, which can ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Damon Young about That's How They Get You, his new humor anthology featuring essays by Black writers. What do you do if you hear from someone about a really difficult ...

Humor doesn’t just sell—it sells well, and that’s no joke. There are any number of stats to validate it. Research from Oracle indicates that 90% of consumers are more likely to recall a product or ...

In the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with a leading scholar in humor studies. Dr. Jennalee Donian is an NIHSS postdoctoral research fellow at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. RMIT University provides funding as a strategic partner of The Conversation AU. When asked to describe an ideal ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Humor can help us with stress, anxiety and feeling more connected to others. But is humor connected to mindfulness? And how can we find more of it? For ...

Some people seem naturally funny, always ready with a clever joke or a witty comment. Others struggle to land a punchline. But is a sharp sense of humor something we’re born with, or does it come from ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...

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Humor, that subtle art of wit, is often brandished as a social privilege. Yet, when it becomes anchored in sexist clichés, it becomes anything but harmless. Because behind the joke, there is sometimes ...