Context and Ethnic Humour in Intergroup Relations

Bourhis, Richard Y.; Gadfield, Nicholas J.; Giles, Howard; Tajfel, Henri

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“…We found that it was ingroup laughter that informed participants about the humorous nature of the material they heard, and about the quality of the comedian who delivered it. Thus, as we mentioned earlier, humor that disparages out-groups can clarify group boundaries and justify current intergroup biases (Bourhis et al, 1977;La Fave, 1972;Martineau, 1972), but what seems humorous (or not) depends on the sensibilities of our fellow in-group members (see Crandall, Eshleman, & O'Brien, 2002). In this way, humor not only serves important group functions, such as the development of social identity and group cohesion (Terrion & Ashforth, 2002), but can also be the outcome of group processes (such as social inXuence) in itself.…”

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“…Such analyses typically focus on the content of the humorous material, such as out-group disparagement (e.g., Barron, 1950;Draitser, 1994), and people's responses to that content (Bourhis, GadWeld, Giles, & Tajfel, 1977;WolV, Smith, & Murray, 1934). People typically respond favorably to out-group disparaging humor, possibly because it clariWes group boundaries and justiWes current intergroup biases (Bourhis et al).…”

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“It’s not funny if they’re laughing”: Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter

Platow

Haslam

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et al. 2005

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Pre-recorded, or "canned" laughter is often used to encourage audience laughter. Previous research suggests that hearing others laugh can inXuence an audience, although several variables moderate its eVects. We examined an unexplored moderator, hypothesizing that canned laughter would inXuence listeners only if they believed the laughter came from fellow in-group members. We manipulated the presence or absence of canned laughter in a potentially humorous recording and participants' beliefs about the in-group or out-group composition of the laughing audience. The results conWrmed our hypothesis: participants laughed and smiled more, laughed longer, and rated humorous material more favorably when they heard in-group laughter rather than out-group laughter or no laughter at all.

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Section: Self-categorization and The Evects Of Canned Laughtermentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s not funny if they’re laughing”: Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter

Platow

Haslam

Both

et al. 2005

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Using simple algorithms it is possible to quantify the influence or “pull” of these different strategies and thus to infer the allocator’s motives. These matrices operate successfully in a wide range of intergroup research, involving minimal and real groups (Bourhis & Sachdev, 1986), providing a valid and sensitive measure of discrimination in intergroup research (for further information on the use of these strategies, see Bourhis et al, 1994). …”

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Social status and the pursuit of positive social identity: Systematic domains of intergroup differentiation and discrimination for high- and low-status groups

Oldmeadow

Fiske

2010

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Research on intergroup discrimination has focused on the cognitive and motivational mechanisms involved, but the role of stereotype content has been neglected. Drawing on social identity theory and stereotype content research, the current studies investigated the role of stereotype content in intergroup differentiation and discrimination. Across two studies, students from high- and low-status groups differentiated themselves positively on stereotypes of competence and warmth respectively, and in allocations of resources in domains relevant to competence (academics, research) and warmth (sports, community outreach). Furthermore, there was evidence that discrimination by high- and low-status groups was driven by their respective stereotypes of competence and warmth. It is argued that stereotypes of competence and warmth, derived from status and power relations between groups, define the domains in which groups pursue positively distinct identities.

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“…The research described above has tended to use detailed ethnic stereotypes which can easily be applied specifically to the joke char acters. A study by Bourhis et al (1977) employed a different approach, in which the Welshness of subjects was made very salient just prior to subjects' reading anti-English or anti-Welsh jokes which has been introduced by a joke teller with an English or a Welsh accent. In this case, ethnicity and ethnic characteristics were made so salient that they were almost certainly applied to the joke and joke teller.…”

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The Influence of Ethnocentrism and Ethnic Label on the Appreciation of Disparagement Jokes*

Gallois

Callan

1985

Int J Psychol

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This study examined the relationship of ethnocentrism and the presence of an ethnic label to the humor appreciation of jokes with socially acceptable or unacceptable aggressors and victims. Forty high ethnocentrics and 40 low ethnocentrics, half males and half females, each read 12 jokes which varied in the acceptability of aggressor and victim and in the ethnic combination of the characters (neutral aggressor and victim, neutral aggressor and ethnic victim, ethnic aggressor and neutral victim). They rated these jokes on humor, as well as justifiability, hostility, and acceptability of aggressor and victim. Results indicated that high ethnocentrics, but not the low ones, found jokes with neutral aggressors and ethnic victims funnier. In addition, all subjects gave higher humor ratings to jokes with justified aggression. Thus, both ethnic stereotypes and the particular description of the characters appear to be significant influences on humor ratings in disparagement jokes.

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Context and Ethnic Humour in Intergroup Relations

Cited by 19 publications

References 6 publications

“It’s not funny if they’re laughing”: Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter

“It’s not funny if they’re laughing”: Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter

Social status and the pursuit of positive social identity: Systematic domains of intergroup differentiation and discrimination for high- and low-status groups

The Influence of Ethnocentrism and Ethnic Label on the Appreciation of Disparagement Jokes*

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