Dusk/Night time shot of the Ziggurats (Norfolk Terrace) and the SCVA

Findings, Outputs and Activities

Our findings

Our project focuses on social media interactions and examines how people flag, attribute, and dispute offence caused by problematic humour. We conducted three case studies which highlight different issues relating to (perceived) offensive humour.

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Find out more about project-related presentations and talks

Our panels

In July 2023, we hosted the panel 'Only joking': Negotiating offensive humour in interaction at the 18^th International Pragmatics Conference in Brussels. Click below to find out more, including the list of contributions.

In May 2023, we hosted the panel Limits of comedy as part of the Philosophy and Comedy Ideas Festival at the University of Kent. Click below to listen to what our multi-disciplinary panelists had to say.