Dr Ian Wilkie I.Wilkie1@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer
Dr Ian Wilkie I.Wilkie1@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer
Mr Luke Harrison L.A.Harrison@salford.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
D Brennan
HC Briggs
LWJ Battle
What follows is a report of the University of Salford’s Sound of Laughter Project (2018). This pilot study was set up as an initial attempt to ascertain whether it is possible to discern any meaning from the different laughter sounds that audiences might make during a stand-up comedy show. The experiment also aimed to discover whether comedians can recognise variations in the properties of laughter responses made during the act of public joking. Further, the study aimed to establish whether performers can discern these different audience laughter sounds in real time and use them as identifiable ‘cues’ to check the efficacy (or otherwise) of their comic communication. This combined report on the pilot study has been prepared by a group of researchers at the University of Salford, all of which were involved in different stages of the experiment and whose initials are appended to each relevant section of the report.
Keywords: Audience laughter; stand-up comedy; joking; psychoacoustics, audience response
Wilkie, I., Harrison, L., Brennan, D., Briggs, H., & Battle, L. (2019). The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project. Comedy Studies, 9(2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1494365
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 1, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 27, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 27, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Oct 12, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 27, 2020 |
Journal | Comedy Studies |
Print ISSN | 2040-610X |
Electronic ISSN | 2040-6118 |
Publisher | Intellect |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 245-257 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1494365 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1494365 |
Related Public URLs | https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rcos20 |
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