Humorous memes for Covid-19 communications and carnivalesque functions

This study described the types and functions of humor in memes during Covid-19 pandemic to have a better understanding content role crisis. identified general ideas that emerged from Bisaya including humor. Using qualitative research methods, results revealed which included health practices, security, behavior. Comparison, pun, exaggeration predominated could be attributed Filipinos’ creativity fondness vivid images by virtue its repressive colonial history. For carnivalesque functionality, exposition social inequities, therapy, subversion order prevailed. These imply dissatisfaction with government’s programs, fight against information disorders, parodying hierarchic authority comical manner. Consequently, cannot reflect knowledge because this is new experience for us. Memes can express basic needs people/platform our experiences brought pandemic. Lastly, humorous serve dualistic function study: they both delight criticize.