From politics to comedy: A comparative analysis of affiliative audience responses

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-342

  Wells, Pam ^a   Bull, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laughter; Political speeches; Public performance; Rhetoric; Speaker audience interaction; Stand up comedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748970727     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X07306978     Document Type: Article

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