Show notes
We’ve been tacking jokes onto the end of our shows since Episode 138. So to celebrate Episode 300, we take a look at jokes and humour. We’re joined by Professor Delia Chiaro, who has spent decades researching humour to learn more about what makes things funny and if it’s safe for us to be humorous in our digital products.
“Remember humour is a thermometer rather than a thermostat. It takes the temperature of a society rather than changes a society. ”
(Listening time: 50 minutes, transcript)
References:
- Full transcript for episode 300
- Delia Chiaro:
- Website: https://www.deliachiaro.eu/
- Academia profile: https://unibo.academia.edu/DeliaChiaro
- The first joke, Episode 138: Education & Leadership with Evgenia Grinblo & Melissa Perri
- What is a meme?
- Going all Buzzfeed: A list of UX memes
- Gelotophobia (Wikipedia)
- People with Gelotophobia suffer from a fear being laughed at
- Lolcat (Wikipedia)
- 11 jokes that show off Alexa’s sense of humour
- Sickipedia
- a Steve Bell Trump cartoon
- Activism Through Comedy with Madeleine Stewart (Podcast)
- UX microcopy: Finding a balance between empathy and humor
- Joke contributors
- Evgenia Grinblo, Episodes 138 and 139
- Mike White, transcript publishing volunteer
- Alastair Sommerville, Episodes 105 and 175
- Amy Bucher, Episode 232
- Ben Sauer, Episodes 98 and 207
- Christopher Noessel, Episodes 25, 86, 121, 136, 216, 217 and 276
- Remi Lafvas, producer
- Cover art photo by Nigel Wade (Cropped to 1:1, (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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