Titre :	Humor and Gender: Males and Females’ Understanding and Appreciation of Humor in Memes and Written Jokes: A Case Study of 3rd Year Students of English at Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Yasser Bensaber, Auteur ; Amel Soucha, Directeur de thèse
Editeur :	CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine
Année de publication :	2020
Importance :	85 f.
Format :	30cm.
Note générale :	Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Humor and Gender  Written Jokes
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	The present study attempts to investigate the differences between males and females in understanding and appreciating the humor found in memes and written jokes. There is a common social stereotype that tends to portray women as being unfunny and slow at getting the joke and men as being superior at humor making and understanding. It is hypothesized that males understand and appreciate humor in memes and jokes more than females. In order to test the validity of the stated hypothesis, a questionnaire and a test are used as research tools. Both the test and the questionnaire were administered to a cluster sample of 29 participants per gender (at a total of 58 participants). The 58 participants are third year students of English at Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University. The questionnaire is used as a personal information gathering tool where students answered questions related to their exposure to English media and their favorite social media platforms. The test is the main research tool which provided the participants with 6 memes and 8 written jokes of different types of humor. First, they are expected to react to them. Second, they are required to explain the humor found in them or justify their reactions if understood. The results obtained from the analyzed data reveal that there is a gap in the understanding of humor in memes and written jokes among the two genders. Males’ humor understanding level was higher than women’s by more than 10%. However, with humor appreciation, males and females are almost equally appreciative of humor.
Diplome :	Master 2
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Humor and Gender: Males and Females’ Understanding and Appreciation of Humor in Memes and Written Jokes: A Case Study of 3rd Year Students of English at Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University [texte imprimé] / Yasser Bensaber, Auteur ; Amel Soucha, Directeur de thèse . - CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine, 2020 . - 85 f. ; 30cm.
Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Humor and Gender  Written Jokes
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	The present study attempts to investigate the differences between males and females in understanding and appreciating the humor found in memes and written jokes. There is a common social stereotype that tends to portray women as being unfunny and slow at getting the joke and men as being superior at humor making and understanding. It is hypothesized that males understand and appreciate humor in memes and jokes more than females. In order to test the validity of the stated hypothesis, a questionnaire and a test are used as research tools. Both the test and the questionnaire were administered to a cluster sample of 29 participants per gender (at a total of 58 participants). The 58 participants are third year students of English at Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University. The questionnaire is used as a personal information gathering tool where students answered questions related to their exposure to English media and their favorite social media platforms. The test is the main research tool which provided the participants with 6 memes and 8 written jokes of different types of humor. First, they are expected to react to them. Second, they are required to explain the humor found in them or justify their reactions if understood. The results obtained from the analyzed data reveal that there is a gap in the understanding of humor in memes and written jokes among the two genders. Males’ humor understanding level was higher than women’s by more than 10%. However, with humor appreciation, males and females are almost equally appreciative of humor.
Diplome :	Master 2
Permalink :	https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13466