Summary information

Study title

Political Jokes in Post-socialist Slovenia, 2017

Creator

Mlačnik, Primož (Fakulteta za družbene vede)
Stanković, Peter (Fakulteta za družbene vede)

Study number / PID

HUMOR17 (ADP)

URN:SI:UNI-LJ-FDV:ADPHUMOR17 (NUK)

https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_HUMOR17_V1 (doi)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

As in all Eastern European countries, political jokes were very popular in Slovenia during the socialist era. In the decades after the fall of socialism, however, political jokes seem to have lost their previous significance. In order to understand what has happened to the political jokes in Slovenia, an analysis of two hundred jokes shared on the five most popular Slovenian Facebook groups has been conducted. The collection consists of classical jokes and nonclassical jokes (anecdotes, witty wisdom, memes). Our goal was to identify the nature of the most frequent targets of jokes and which jokes are the most popular. The data file includes 194 posts, videos (n=6) were not deposited in the archive. Information regarding videos can be found in the codebook.As in all Eastern European countries, political jokes were very popular in Slovenia during the socialist era. In the decades after the fall of socialism, however, political jokes seem to have lost their previous significance. In order to understand what has happened to the political jokes in Slovenia, an analysis of two hundred jokes shared on the five most popular Slovenian Facebook groups has been conducted. The collection consists of classical jokes and nonclassical jokes (anecdotes, witty wisdom, memes). Our goal was to identify the nature of the most frequent targets of jokes and which jokes are the most popular. The data file includes 194 posts, videos (n=6) were not deposited in the archive. Information regarding videos can be found in the codebook.As in all Eastern European countries, political jokes were very popular in Slovenia during the socialist era. In the decades after the fall of socialism, however, political jokes seem to have lost their previous significance. In order to understand what has happened to the political jokes in Slovenia, an analysis of two hundred jokes shared on the five most popular Slovenian Facebook groups has been conducted. The collection consists of classical jokes and...
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Methodology

Data collection period

19/01/2017

Country

Slovenia

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

OtherJoke

Universe

Non-slovenian Facebook groups, groups that were not very popular and groups that did not have 40 posts.

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: PurposiveNon-probability: Purposive

Kind of data

Still imageStillImage

Data collection mode

Content coding

Funding information

Grant number

39176 (young researcher)

Access

Publisher

Arhiv družboslovnih podatkov = Social Science Data Archives

Publication year

2024

Terms of data access

The data file is accessible to users without registration under the international Creative Commons 0 Licence. Users expressly agree to maintain the confidentiality of the data and to conduct analyses without attempting to identify the individuals and institutions covered by the materials and to adhere to the professional codes of ethics.

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