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Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism
The differential satire effects across domestic and foreign audiences are largely unknown; yet, this is of growing relevance as political satire increasingly reaches international audiences. A two-country experiment was conducted in which satirical stimuli from the Netherlands with either a one-side...
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De Gruyter
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9930370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humor-2022-0047 |
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author | Boukes, Mark LaMarre, Heather L. |
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description | The differential satire effects across domestic and foreign audiences are largely unknown; yet, this is of growing relevance as political satire increasingly reaches international audiences. A two-country experiment was conducted in which satirical stimuli from the Netherlands with either a one-sided (only targeting the United States) or two-sided humorous message (targeting both the U.S. and the Netherlands) was presented to a domestic (in-group) or foreign (out-group) audience. Specifically, this study examines political satire’s differential emotional and attitudinal impact on audiences located in the country-of-production (Netherlands) or abroad (U.S.). Results show that satire sidedness uniformly influenced hedonic enjoyment: compared to two-sided satire, one-sided satire elicited negative emotions and decreased positive emotions for both the in-group (Dutch) and the out-group (U.S.) audience. Yet, satire differentially affected patriotic attitudes. This effect was moderated by country and age: younger U.S. citizens became less patriotic after exposure to the one-sided satire that targeted their country and decreased their positive emotions; older U.S. citizens, in contrast, became more patriotic after exposure to this one-sided satire that particularly increased their negative emotions. The Dutch audience’s level of patriotism remained stable irrespective of satire sidedness. Altogether, this study demonstrates how humor type, country-of-reception, and age matter for satire effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-99303702023-02-16 Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism Boukes, Mark LaMarre, Heather L. Humor (Berl) Article The differential satire effects across domestic and foreign audiences are largely unknown; yet, this is of growing relevance as political satire increasingly reaches international audiences. A two-country experiment was conducted in which satirical stimuli from the Netherlands with either a one-sided (only targeting the United States) or two-sided humorous message (targeting both the U.S. and the Netherlands) was presented to a domestic (in-group) or foreign (out-group) audience. Specifically, this study examines political satire’s differential emotional and attitudinal impact on audiences located in the country-of-production (Netherlands) or abroad (U.S.). Results show that satire sidedness uniformly influenced hedonic enjoyment: compared to two-sided satire, one-sided satire elicited negative emotions and decreased positive emotions for both the in-group (Dutch) and the out-group (U.S.) audience. Yet, satire differentially affected patriotic attitudes. This effect was moderated by country and age: younger U.S. citizens became less patriotic after exposure to the one-sided satire that targeted their country and decreased their positive emotions; older U.S. citizens, in contrast, became more patriotic after exposure to this one-sided satire that particularly increased their negative emotions. The Dutch audience’s level of patriotism remained stable irrespective of satire sidedness. Altogether, this study demonstrates how humor type, country-of-reception, and age matter for satire effects. De Gruyter 2023-02-23 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9930370/ /pubmed/36827646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humor-2022-0047 Text en © 2023 the author(s), published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Article Boukes, Mark LaMarre, Heather L. Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title | Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title_full | Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title_fullStr | Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title_full_unstemmed | Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title_short | Satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
title_sort | satire without borders: the age-moderated effect of one-sided versus two-sided satire on hedonic experiences and patriotism |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9930370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humor-2022-0047 |
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