We examine the role of culture in comprehension. Prominent theories of comprehension
conceptualized the outcome of reading as learners' construction of a cognitive …

Satirical news blends entertainment with information and opinion. Satire can thus impact
various audience responses, such as positive and negative affect, learning, and persuasion …

The book provides a comprehensive discussion of the new humor that has appeared on the
internet. The book is divided into five sections: First, the introduction, which explains the idea …

Previous research suggests that a defining characteristic of satirical news shows (eg The
Daily Show) is discursive integration: a creative blend of genre conventions of regular news …

Ironic language is a salient reminder that speakers of all languages do not always mean
what they say. While ironic language has captured the attention of theorists and scholars for …

Satire is a subtle type of figurative discourse and is still relatively under-studied from the
perspective of figurative language researchers. The purpose of this study is to investigate …

Satirical news presents a critique of current affairs through humor. Previous research
suggests that satirical news can have different humor forms (eg linguistic strategies) and …

We present an eye-tracking experiment examining moment-to-moment processes
underlying the comprehension of emoticons. Younger (18–30) and older (65+) participants …

Background: There is a growing need for Chinese state-owned enterprises (CSOEs) to
utilize Twitter, as an effective communicative tool in the professional business context, to …

An important challenge for communication scientists is to characterize and understand
hybrid genres. Satirical news is such a hybrid genre and comprises a blend of the genres of …