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Motif: Humor

Humor, the capacity to express or perceive what’s funny, is both a source of entertainment and a means of coping with difficult or awkward situations and stressful events.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/humor

Humor, the capacity to express or perceive what’s funny, is both a source of entertainment and a means of coping with difficult or awkward situations and stressful events.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/humor

Showing They Care (Or Don’t): Affective Publics and Ambivalent Climate Activism on TikTok

Hautea, Samantha, Perry Parks, Bruno Takahashi, and Jing Zeng. “Showing They Care (Or Don’t): Affective Publics and Ambivalent Climate Activism on TikTok.” Social Media + Society, (April 2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211012344.  The microvideo platform TikTok has emerged as a popular hub for self-expression and social activism, particularly for youth, but use of the platform’s affective affordances to
HumorEmpowermentSocial Media Integration

Goat Simulator

The game’s physics-based and unpredictable gameplay is designed to produce crazy situations that lend themselves to streaming the game or sharing gameplay clips via YouTube or even as animated GIF memes.
Digital GameGameAnimal MayhemDestabilizing AnthropocentrismHumorSillinessSpreadabilityStreamability

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