幽默的研究問題

On Humor Questions

幽默研究逐漸受到各學科重視，檢視近年的幽默研究論文，本文主要用的策略是認定研究問題，科學研究幽默是一種特有的幽默表達方式，幽默有什麼研究問題？深入分析研究問題是罕見的策略，這是製造研究問題的方式，因為確能引發許多新的問題。作者指出前人幽默研究的三大貢獻以及幽默關係在各種社會制度中的運作，並在司法、教育、工作、醫療、宗教等機制中提出了新問題，希望能進一步研究。本文的經驗反省目的是延伸思考，刺激華人社會對幽默的研究。

Social scientists have traditionally employed a variety of strategies to examine humor. Identifying research question is an approach rarely used. In order to stimulate humor research in Chinese communities, this paper analyzed humor questions mainly through literature review. More than twenty new questions have been generated. How do people utilize humor for a serious purpose? How do humor and jokes work within different social systems? This paper explored humor relations in work, education, medical, and religious settings. Other than academic research, the author suggested two ways for improving humor in Chinese societies.