Original scientific paper
The importance and the role of humor in young people's everyday lives
Renata Relja
orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-4558
; The Faculty of Philosophy in Split, Split, Croatia
Danijel Baturina
orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-305X
Abstract
The complexity of the humor phenomenon/occurrence which is inherent to all socio-cultural environments within all periods, as well as intimacy issues, has determined the author's interest for this subject. It resulted with the analysis of the role and the importance of humor in young people’s lives. Empirical research has covered 503 respondents in the city of Split. Field research was being conducted from May to July 2008th, and it used survey as a method. Within the research we found that humor is required as an essential element of communication and social relations. At the same time the concept of wit as a key constituent of personality was being analyzed. It was found that humor is often used with the purpose of entertainment and as an efficient method for overcoming conflicts, arguments and disturbed relationships. The youths notice the therapeutic effects of humor as well as its indispensable role in a homeroom, in improving the quality of the educational process. Finally, humor is much more than a mere entertainment. It opens a space for the improvement of the intergeneration relations, and the results represent the contribution to the sociology of entertainment as a separate sociological discipline.
Keywords
humor; laughter; youths; fun; culture; humor in a homeroom; the therapeutic effects of humor; the sociology of entertainment
Hrčak ID:
82382
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2010.
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