Junge, LS (2022) Effects of Humour in Collective Action - and its potential for radicalisation -. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Humour is used as a way to express opposition, in social media as well as in political comedy for example. But opposition like collective action is generally considered to be driven by anger and for people to act accordingly. Thus, humour and collective action have not been frequently put into context. In the current study, we investigate which effects humour has in collective action. And while we assumed that broadening would be one effect, we investigated specifically if one effect may also be facilitation of radicalisation. Based on the effects of humour in other social settings, we propose that humour in collective action has the potential of broadening the collective action, especially through in-group bonding as well as creating insight into a specific collective action. Because participants were diffused in their opinions on the radicalisation effect of the use of humour, we conclude that while humour can in fact broaden collective action, radicalisation may be more closely intertwined with in-group-bonding and creating insight than initially thought, moreover the coping function of humour would have to be explored more closely in this context. We conducted a qualitative analysis with a sample (N = 8) of personal connections from a researcher in Germany. This analysis was done based on semi-structured interviews.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Greijdanus, H.J.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2022 08:15 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2022 08:15 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/356 |
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