The following qualitative study has examined the verbal irony in the podcast “Flashback Forever”. There is a lack of research in the field of irony in podcasts. The essay aimed to understand how podcast hosts can entertain through ironic utterances and how irony can affect interactions. In order to reach a conclusion, the following question was formed: How can irony be used through interactions in the podcast? To answer the question an interaction analysis was used as a method. Two different sequences from the podcast were transcribed to discover ironic phenomena that could be analyzed from an entertaining perspective. Results show that there were four categories of irony that could create different meanings based on the context. Furthermore, the podcast hosts had to consider the listeners’ pre-understanding of the topic to create humor out of irony. In conclusion, it was stated that by using irony as entertainment, the podcast hosts can unite listeners in a common doxa, convey opinions, and touch sensitive topics without provoking.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-107017 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Lindgren, Caroline, Widå, Pernilla |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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