“Sick” jokes, speaker sex, and informative speech

• William C. Munn ; Charles R. Gruner ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Georgia

     University of Georgia

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 46, nº 4, 1980, págs. 411-418
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study manipulated speaker sex and “sick” jokes/no‐jokes in a printed speech and secured evaluations of the speech and speaker from college student subjects. Inclusion of the “sick” jokes in the speech generally resulted in negative evaluations of both speech and speaker. The speaker was presumably perceived as using “childish” humor in the speech.