Vol. 1, Issue 2
Israeli Journal of Humor Research
An International Journal
Vol. 1, Issue No. 2, 2012
EDITORIAL
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Dave Korotkov St. Thomas University, Canada | Lydia Amir The College of Management
Academic Studies,Israel | Arie Sover Ashkelon Academic College, Israel 1
SPECIAL ISSUE BY THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE I.S.H.S
The Significance of Irony as a Master Trope
Don L. F. Nilsen & Alleen Pace Nilsen Arizona State University, U.S.A. 4
REGULAR ARTICLES
The English mother-in-law joke and its missing relatives
Christie Davies University of Reading, U. K. 12
Using the Process-Based Interview to Investigate Comedy Writing
Jeffrey Davis Loyola Marymount University & Peter Desberg California State University
Dominguez Hills, U. S. A. 40
of a Skit across Languages and Cultures
Yaniv Goldberg Ashkelon Academic College & Bar Ilan University, Israel 52
Politics:
How a Politician can Successfully Use Self Humor and Apply Public Relations
Priciples Online: An Israeli Case Study
Ruth Avidar The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel 81
SHORT COMMUNICATION
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Nazi "proof" That Jews Possessed the Worst Humor in the World
Mel Gordon University of California, Berkeley, U. S. A. 97
BOOK REVIEW
Polish Humor
Edited By Dorota Brzozowska & Wladyslaw Chlopicki Tertium, Krakow, Poland, 2012 101
Anat Zajdman