Gender(ed) performances: Women’s impression management in stand-up comedy

A Cross-cultural Analysis of Humor in Stand-up Comedy in the United States and Japan

Using Goffman’s (1981) participation framework and Brown & Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory, this study examines stand-up comedy in the U.S. and Japan and demonstrates pervasive patterns of communication in comedy performance. In the U.S., stand-up acts are comprised of solo comedian’s narrative performance, while stand-up comic narrative in Japan is performed in the form of dialogue between...

A Complete and Modestly Funny System for Generating and Performing Japanese Stand-Up Comedy

We present a complete system that generates Japanese stand-up comedy. Different modules generating different types of jokes are tied together into a performance where all jokes are connected in some way to the other jokes. The script is converted to speech and two robots perform the comedy routine. Evaluations show that the performances are perceived as funny by many, almost half the evaluation...

Making a Good (Virtual) First Impression: The Use of Visuals in Online Impression Management and Creating Identity Performances

This paper argues that visual elements are becoming an increasingly important component of identity performance on social networking sites. Working from a narrative approach to identity, this paper explores how images on SNS are used both as part of an impression management strategy to present identity, and as signs that others on the site can read and interpret as they develop an understanding...

Gendered Interpretations: Two Fourth-Century B.C.E. Performances of Sophocles' Electra

Turn Management or Impression Management?

We look at how some basic choices in the management of turns influence the impression that people get from an agent. We look at scales concerning personality, emotion and interpersonal stance. We do this by a person perception study, or rather an agent perception study, using simulated conversations that systematically vary basic turn-taking strategies. We show how we can create different impre...