Affiliation:
1. Complutense University of Madrid
Abstract
Abstract
The present study stems from previous work on self-presentation in WhatsApp users’ profile status. However, its
main goal is to gauge other users’ reactions to WhatsApp “humorous” statuses. In other words, do other users find statuses
intended as humorous “funny”? To this purpose, the methodological approach adopted is both quantitative and qualitative. For the
quantitative stage, a survey was carried out where participants were presented with eight statuses intended (as reported by their
creators) to be humorous. These eight statuses represented both male and female WhatsApp users (four each) as well as different
strategies to construct humour (e.g., intertextuality, wordplay, absurdity). After piloting the survey, it was launched online,
and 142 participants carried it out. Findings show that humour does not always lead to the desired effect and can indeed trigger
negative evaluations and/or perplexity on other interlocutors. As a result, the user’s intended self-presentation as a witty,
funny individual fails to hit its target and may contribute to other users’ negative perception of their persona.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Computer Networks and Communications,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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