🆕 Just published:
“Affective Shifts in Political Comedy: The Move to Seriousness in Late Night Television”
with @beerprakken in Comedy Studies (open access!)
👉 doi.org/10.1080/2040...
🧵Thread on what we found 👇
doi.org
Affective shifts in political comedy: the move to seriousness in Late Night television
In the wake of major moments of crisis, the tone of political comedy often undergoes dramatic shifts, with comedians showing strong emotions as part of their performance. This paper introduces a no...