NPR's Juana Summers talks with Damon Young about That's How They Get You, his new humor anthology featuring essays by Black writers. What do you do if you hear from someone about a really difficult ...

In the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with a leading scholar in humor studies. Dr. Jennalee Donian is an NIHSS postdoctoral research fellow at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa ...

Does AI threaten creativity or is AI threatened by creativity? Generative artificial intelligence certainly likes to show its hand to creatives as algorithms push to learn and disseminate mock craft.

Since 2020, the number of ads that use humour as a creative strategy has dropped from more than half to a measly 34% globally across all channels. Sure, we are living in difficult times, which can ...

Discover the profound impact of laughter on mental health as we explore how humour can transform the way we cope with life’s ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. RMIT University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. When asked to describe an ideal organisational ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...