The politics of being funny: Humor styles, trait humorousness, and political orientations

The article is devoted to the study of evaluative tools used in modern French media in order to form the media image of a representative of the political elite. The techniques used in the creation of a memorial media portrait of Jacques Chirac (1932—2019), President of France from 1995 to 2007 are considered. The research material was the most prestigious French print media of various political orientations, published in late September — early October 2019 in connection with the death of the ex-President of the French Republic. The relevance of the research topic is dictated by the close attention of modern linguistics to axiological phenomena, differently presented in different types of discursive practices. The novelty of the study is due to the appeal to the analysis of the complex of evaluation tools used in the French print media when characterizing the former leader of the state during the nation’s farewell period. The estimated potential of the title of the article and its influence on the formation of the estimated vector of the entire text of the publication are shown. A systematic analysis of the assessment expression means, reflected in the memorial media portrait of the politician, is given. The factors that influenced the peculiarities of their use in this type of media portrait are revealed.

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Psychological analysis of political orientations. Part I. Definition, methods and problems of study

Психологический журнал ◽

10.31857/s020595920011076-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 18-24

Author(s):

O. Gulevich ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychological Analysis ◽

Political Orientations

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Political Culture and Israeli Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.013.36_update_001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Gal Ariely

Keyword(s):

Political Culture ◽

Nation Building ◽

Cultural Value ◽

The Political ◽

System Support ◽

Political Orientations ◽

Principal Factors ◽

Democratic Norms ◽

Broad Overview ◽

Cross National

This chapter provides a broad overview of the political culture in Israel. It begins by discussing whether a single Israeli political culture can indeed be identified. It then surveys the principal factors that shape political culture and the key changes from the early days of nation-building attempts to Israel’s current, more multicultural character. Making use of a cultural-value map, the chapter then addresses the question of whether Israel’s political culture is indeed “Western” and compares the principal Israeli political orientations with those of other societies. Finally, it analyzes aspects of system support and democratic norms via the use of national and cross-national survey data. The analysis presented concludes that Israeli political culture is dominated by countervailing forces that create a combination of assertive and allegiant forms of citizenship.

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Political Orientations and Morality Judgments in the Turkish Context: Considering the Roles of the Needs for Cognition and Recognition

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294119899903 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 003329411989990

Author(s):

Burcu Tekeş ◽

E. Olcay Imamoğlu ◽

Fatih Özdemir ◽

Bengi Öner-Özkan

Keyword(s):

Need For Cognition ◽

Political Orientation ◽

Moral Foundations ◽

Moral Foundations Theory ◽

Right Wing ◽

Left Wing ◽

Group Loyalty ◽

Political Orientations ◽

Collectivistic Culture

The aims of this study were to test: (a) the association of political orientations with morality orientations, specified by moral foundations theory, on a sample of young adults from Turkey, representing a collectivistic culture; and (b) the statistically mediating roles of needs for cognition and recognition in the links between political orientation and morality endorsements. According to the results (a) right-wing orientation and need for recognition were associated with all the three binding foundations (i.e., in-group/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity); (b) right-wing orientation was associated with binding foundations also indirectly via the role of need for recognition; (c) regarding individualizing foundations, left-wing orientation and need for cognition were associated with fairness/reciprocity, whereas only gender was associated with harm/care; and (d) left-wing orientation was associated with fairness dimension also indirectly via the role of need for cognition. The cultural relevance of moral foundations theory as well as the roles of needs for cognition and recognition are discussed.

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Humor and A1C: the interaction between humor and diabetes control

Humor - International Journal of Humor Research ◽

10.1515/humor-2020-0124 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

David S. Greene ◽

Nancy Dunavant King

Keyword(s):

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

American Diabetes Association ◽

Good Control ◽

Diabetes Control ◽

Humor Styles ◽

Psychological Benefits ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Aggressive Humor ◽

College Educated

Abstract There is increasing evidence of specific medical and psychological benefits associated with humor within diabetes populations. The benefits of maintaining good diabetes control are also well established. The more general relationship between humor and diabetes control however remains unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine if there was a difference between people with diabetes with an A1C ≤ 6.99% versus those ≥7.0% on four disparate types of humor. The sample consisted of 284 participants, 65.5% with type 1 diabetes, 68.3% female, 89.1% Caucasian, and 68.7% college educated. Participants completed the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and were divided into two groups, A1C ≤ 6.99% and A1C ≥ 7.0%. The A1C ≤ 6.99% group scored significantly higher on both types of positive humor, affiliative humor (P < 0.01) and self-enhancing humor (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between participants on either type of negative humor, aggressive humor (P > 0.05) or self-defeating humor (P > 0.05). Results indicate that good control (A1C ≤ 6.99%) is associated with positive humor. These findings provide evidence that there is an association between American Diabetes Association recommended levels of control and positive humor styles. Implications regarding positive humor and good diabetes control are discussed.

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Are misinformation, antiscientific claims, and conspiracy theories for political extremists?

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/1368430220960805 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 583-605

Author(s):

Adam M. Enders ◽

Joseph E. Uscinski

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Conspiracy Theories ◽

Political Orientations ◽

Conspiracy Beliefs ◽

Political Left ◽

Identity Based ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

The Relationship ◽

Political Groups ◽

Representative Samples

Extremist political groups, especially “extreme” Republicans and conservatives, are increasingly charged with believing misinformation, antiscientific claims, and conspiracy theories to a greater extent than moderates and those on the political left by both a burgeoning scholarly literature and popular press accounts. However, previous investigations of the relationship between political orientations and alternative beliefs have been limited in their operationalization of those beliefs and political extremity. We build on existing literature by examining the relationships between partisan and nonpartisan conspiracy beliefs and symbolic and operational forms of political extremity. Using two large, nationally representative samples of Americans, we find that ideological extremity predicts alternative beliefs only when the beliefs in question are partisan in nature and the measure of ideology is identity-based. Moreover, we find that operational ideological extremism is negatively related to nonpartisan conspiracy beliefs. Our findings help reconcile discrepant findings regarding the relationship between political orientations and conspiracy beliefs.

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