Modern humor research commonly takes its cue from Freud and his position that jokes are a way to express risky ideas without fear of consequences. The journalism industry has undergone noticeable changes over the past two decades, and these shifts have clearly affected news products. However, these changes have also had noticeable effects on newsroom culture, a subject that has received far less attention from scholars. Since newsroom culture directly affects newsroom production, this study proposes a new way to access newsrooms in order to open conversations between newsroom scholars and practitioners. By applying an ethnographic content analysis (ECA) to published newsroom humor on the blog “Overheard in the Newsroom,” this study reveals issues that contemporary newsroom workers use to relate with their colleagues across the industry.

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新闻编辑部幽默背后的“真相”

现代幽默研究通常从弗洛伊德和他的立场中得到启示，即笑话是一种表达危险想法而不用担心后果的方式。在过去的二十年里，新闻业发生了明显的变化，这些变化对新闻产品产生了明显的影响。然而，这些变化也对新闻编辑室文化产生了显着影响，而这一主题却很少受到学者的关注。由于新闻编辑室文化直接影响新闻编辑室的生产，因此本研究提出了一种访问新闻编辑室的新方法，以开启新闻编辑室学者和从业者之间的对话。通过将民族志内容分析 (ECA) 应用于博客“在新闻编辑室偷听”上发表的新闻编辑室幽默，这项研究揭示了当代新闻编辑室工作人员用来与整个行业的同事联系的问题。