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Humour is one of the most amazing characteristics that defines us as human beings and social entities. Its study supposes a deep insight into several areas such as linguistics, psychology or philosophy. From the Natural Language Processing (NLP) perspective, recent researches have shown that humour can be automatically generated and recognized with some success. In this work we present a study ...

Abstract During the first months of corona crisis, people worldwide produced and shared thousands uplifting (e.g., humorous, moving) media messages. The six studies reported here empirically tested consolatory effects viewing such positive messages in US, Netherlands, UK. I compared impact humorous moving (i.e., touching, heartwarming) messages, as they provide different kinds well-being: hedon...

We aim to identify and control unintentional humor occurring in human-computer interaction, and recreate it intentionally. In this research we focus on text prediction systems, a type of interactive programs employed in mobile phones, search engines, and word processors. More specifically, we identified two design principles, inspired by humor and emotion theories, and implemented them in a pro...

With the demands of effective pedagogy for 21st century, teachers are in constant search a teaching tool that is more fun, and interesting promotes positive learning. Thus, this study ascertained effectiveness humorous anecdotes as motivational improving students’ performance Purposive Communication. Using quasi-experimental design, student's speaking writing performances were evaluated served ...

Previous research has discussed on the usefulness of humour during online interaction. The positive emotion that evoke tend to also be related sharing behaviour and engagement. However, for more ‘serious’ pressing issue, like case Israel-Palestine conflict, use as a response is rather puzzling. Thus, in this study, researchers aim uncover 1) What are ‘humorous’ target or focal point highlighted...