An Attributional Explanation for the Effect of Audience Laughter on Perceived Funniness

Lawson, Timothy J.; Downing, B. D.; Cetola, Hank

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“…Producers of television comedy have long realised that a live audience is vital to the atmosphere created for those watching comedy shows at home, as well as to getting the best performances and reactions from the actors (Lawson, Downing, & Cetola, 1998). This has also led to debate about whether 'canned laughter', using sound effects to create the aural illusion of a live audience, has the same impact (Brewer, 2018).…”

Section: Recreating and Reliving Sport During Lockdownmentioning

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The role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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This feature editorial discusses the role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key concepts are set out as context for discussion under two headings. Under Sports Fixtures and Events: a parochial attitude to cancelling major sports events; the impact of recreated and relived sports events on wellbeing; the response of sports audiences to live sport behind closed doors. Under Activity, Movement and Travel: the appetite and provision for outdoor activity during lockdown, and the role of a sense of movement; the factors that might lead to observed increases in sustainable modes of travel being sustained post-lockdown. Lessons and questions for future research, policy and provision are discussed, and the potential is identified for activities at the interface of sport and tourism to make significant contributions to outcomes and policy goals for wellbeing, physical health, mental health, and in supporting green space and sustainable travel as a response to the climate crisis. A challenge is set for managers, administrators and researchers working at the interface of sport and tourism to look outwards beyond their own development concerns, and recognise and accept both a responsibility and an opportunity to make these contributions. The feature editorial concludes with an invitation for researchers to take up the challenge of submitting research to the Journal of Sport & Tourism that either focuses on the contribution to the COVID-19 response, or that explores contributions that can be made to wider social, economic and health outcomes and policy goals.

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The role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Experimental research considering how individuals respond to group laughter tends to focus mainly on perceptions of how funny a stimulus is, whether visually with cartoons and written jokes (Brown, Dixon, & Hudson, 1982;Cupchik & Leventhal, 1974;Donoghue, McCarrey, & Clément, 1983;Leventhal & Cupchik, 1975;Olson, 1992) , audio tapes of jokes, funny stories and stand-up routines (Chapman & Chapman, 1974;Freedman & Perlick, 1979;Fuller & Sheehy-Skeffington, 1974;Gruner, 1993;Lawson, Downing, & Cetola, 1998;Martin & Gray, 1996;Nosanchuk & Lightstone, 1974;Platow et al, 2005;Young & Frye, 1966) , bloopers (Pistole & Shor, 1979;Porterfield et al, 1988) , or scenes from television shows and movies (Devereux & Ginsburg, 2001;Gillespie, Mulder, & Leib, 2016;Lieberman, Neuendorf, Denny, Skalski, & Wang, 2009;Neuendorf & Fennell, 1988) . When the source of the humour is taken into account, findings…”

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Laughter and effective presidential leadership: A case study of Ronald Reagan as the ‘great communicator'

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Senior²,

Dye³

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President Ronald Reagan’s expert use of media and his charismatic connection with viewers earned him the moniker “the great communicator”. This study examines one aspect of his charisma, the influence of elicited laughter, during a much-discussed and highly critical 5-minute news story by CBS reporter Leslie Stahl during the 1984 US presidential election. Production choices regarding observable audience responses (OAR) on viewer perceptions of politicians have not been extensively studied. The focus of the present study is to explore the effects of audience laughter on perceived leadership traits. Two experiments examining the mediating effects of audience laughter on perceptions of presidential leadership are reported. The first shows that perceptions of Reagan’s perceived warmth significantly diminish when strong laughter is removed from the presentation, whereas perceptions of competence remain unaffected. The second study proposes a between-subjects experiment (preregistered report) to confirm and extend the findings of the first study by considering trait charisma and the influence of specific humorous comments that are accompanied by laughter.

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“…Although canned laughter might add a dimension of reality to the experience of evaluating comedians, hearing other ingroup or outgroup members laughing might influence an individual's perception of humorous content (Lawson, Downing, & Cetola, 1998;Platow, Haslam, Both, Chew, Cuddon et al, 2005). For instance, jokes were perceived as less funny and less amusing when outgroup laughter was heard, but the opposite was true for ingroup laughter.…”

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Understanding sexist joke-telling in the intergroup context

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An Attributional Explanation for the Effect of Audience Laughter on Perceived Funniness

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The role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Laughter and effective presidential leadership: A case study of Ronald Reagan as the ‘great communicator'

Understanding sexist joke-telling in the intergroup context

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