Abstract
Past research has documented that Chinese people are ambivalent about humor. The current study attempted to investigate the attitudes to humor and humorous persons among Hong Kong Chinese people. Participants were 163 Hong Kong Chinese adults. The results showed that (1) males reported a significantly higher rating of self humor compared to their female counterparts; (2) participants gave a significantly lower rating of self humor than that of importance of humor; (3) most of the humorists nominated by the Chinese respondents were comedians; (4) occupational categories of the nominated humorists were different between genders; (5) participants perceived comedians as having a higher level of creativity than humor, whereas they considered actors / actresses and TV hosts as having a higher level of humor than creativity; (6) participants perceived that humor was the most important for TV hosts, crosstalkers and comicists among various occupations. Implications of the findings of the present study are discussed and directions of future research are suggested.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 24 Jun 2010 |
| Event | 22nd International Society for Humor Studies Conference (ISHS 2010) - , China Duration: 24 Jun 2010 → 27 Jun 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 22nd International Society for Humor Studies Conference (ISHS 2010) |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| Period | 24/06/10 → 27/06/10 |