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Irony is a rhetorical technique or situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to differ radically from what somebody expected.
Humor is a funny or amusing quality of people, things, pictures, words, or situations.
Leadership is the ability to lead other people or to have power on them.
Power is the ability to control people or things.
Introduction
Mockery of the political reality gives people a certain sense of freedom and revenge against the political elites. Historically, political jokes and caricatures go hand and hand with the political leadership. Humor somehow places authorities in absurd situations portrayed in a negative light, distorting the external features and speech deficiencies. In the age of digital media, we have much more of this humor power, comparing to previous times, and people actively use it.
Digital media provide more comfortable styles of information perception. People...
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Sanina, A. (2016). Leadership and Humor. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2246-1
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