Disparagement humor and anti-obesity attitudes

People with obesity are often the target of disparaging humour. The typical derision of obesity found in everyday life also extends into the realm of the media. Many assumptions have been made about the effects this type of humour may have on the public’s attitudes toward people with obesity, but li...

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Main Authors: Jacob Burmeister, Robert Carels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2020-04-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/434