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Clive Vignola Ruder Master T Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to research Jimmy Fallon’s audience’s relationship with democracy through the jokes he makes during a political crisis. Looking at previous research such as Christie Davies Jokes and Targets, suggests that more jokes being made about politics illustrate dissatisfaction with the political system. Also, that the jokes themselves can lead to an understanding of how people relate to their political system. This thesis will go through different available theories, such as superiority, incongruity and release, on why people laugh. Not only that, the thesis will also go through semantic script theory of humor in order to be able to constitute what is and is not a joke. This same theory will also give the tools necessary to go into more depth with each individual joke. To assess what those jokes actually mean, Framing Theory as specified by George Lakoff. Through that, I will be able to better assess the meaning of the jokes being made and what they mean, which will be used to answer the problem formulation. This entire process will show that the jokes do not show an overtly negative view on democratic institutions on a whole. That said, there are jokes that criticize some aspects of democracy that perhaps need improvement. Also, it also suggests that Trump has become or is becoming an example of what a president should not be. 1 Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 What’s so Funny about Democracy? ........................................................................................................ 9 Kim Jung is Un-amused ........................................................................................................................... 10 Modern Day Jokes ................................................................................................................................... 11 But why Jokes? ........................................................................................................................................ 12 I Don’t get It – What is and isn’t a Joke? ................................................................................................. 13 The Set Up and Punch Line ..................................................................................................................... 14 The Set Up (Methodology) .......................................................................................................................... 15 Social Research Approach ....................................................................................................................... 15 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................... 16 Research paradigm ................................................................................................................................. 16 Ontology .................................................................................................................................................. 16 Epistemology ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Research Design Overview ...................................................................................................................... 19 Research Design Criteria ..................................................................................................................... 20 Case Study ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Structured Observation .......................................................................................................................... 21 Indicators ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Conclusion of the Two Research Designs ............................................................................................... 25 The Context of the Joke .............................................................................................................................. 25 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon ..................................................................................................... 25 The Case .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Comey’s firing ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Chosen Shows ......................................................................................................................................... 31 2 Literature Review ........................................................................................................................................ 32 Context of Joke ....................................................................................................................................... 32 Previous Political Joke Research ............................................................................................................. 33 Theories .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Critical Discourse Theory Review ............................................................................................................ 35 Analysis Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Introduction to Jokes .............................................................................................................................. 37 The History of Jokes ................................................................................................................................ 37 Theories of Humor .................................................................................................................................. 38 Superiority Theory .............................................................................................................................. 39 Incongruity Theory .............................................................................................................................. 40 Release Theory .................................................................................................................................... 41 Conclusion on Theories of Humor ...................................................................................................... 41 The Semantic Mechanics of Humor ........................................................................................................ 42 The Five Factors .................................................................................................................................. 42 Script-based Semantic Theory of Humor ............................................................................................ 43 The Four Maxims................................................................................................................................. 43 Bona-fide and Non-bona-fide Communication ................................................................................... 44 Scripts .................................................................................................................................................. 44 Semantic Switch Triggers .................................................................................................................... 46 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 51 Political Jokes .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Soviet Jokes ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Critical Discourse Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 55 Discourse ................................................................................................................................................. 55 Text ......................................................................................................................................................... 55 3 Framing Theory ....................................................................................................................................... 56 Analysis ....................................................................................................................................................... 58 Preamble ................................................................................................................................................. 58 Analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 60 Donald Trump
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