Massih Zekavat
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Massih Zekavat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Massih |
| FAMILY NAME | Zekavat |
| SIGNATURE | ZEKAVAT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1280-5503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Playing the white man’s game”
Cartooning in the Anthropocene
This study examines how cartoons address the economic determinants of pro-environmental behaviour under capitalism by analysing the interplay between their verbal and visual elements within the framework of the Modular Interdependency Model (MIM). The findings reveal that many cartoons critique the relationship between ecological issues, capitalism, and consumer lifestyles, while some explore the economic determinants of pro-environmental behavio…
A Comparative Study of the Human-Nature Relationship in The Fate of Fausto and I’ll Sow My Hands in the Garden
This article contends that the representation of human-nature relationship in children’s literature can map onto its gender politics through a comparative study of multimodal dynamics of Irish and Persian picturebooks. It builds upon the premise that children’s literature can play a significant role in sustainable education and forming pro-environmental values in the process of socialization during childhood. Oliver Jeffers’ The Fate of Fausto: A…
The paradox of political satire
Communicating multispecies planetary health through multimodal humour and satire
This article explores the role of humour and satire in promoting multispecies planetary health, with a focus on the work of Indian cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty. Following a critical examination of anthropocentric perspectives in planetary health, the study examines how multimodal satirical narratives critique anthropocentrism, capitalism and environmental injustice through a qualitative analysis of his Green Humour series, while advocating for a …
Laughter in times of distress
Through analyzing Iranian humor and satire collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research investigates the potential psychological and socio-political affordances of humor and satire. By employing a cultural studies approach, the study highlights how these cultural expressions offer unique insights into societal dynamics and power structures during crises. It argues that humor was largely used for emotion-focused coping a…
The ambivalent affordances of humour in capitalist organizations
Responding to concerns raised by Michael Billig (2018) regarding the functions of humour in capitalist organisations, this essay strives to convey how humour and satire can have liberating and empowering affordances for subjects in organisational contexts as they can potentially intervene in the negotiation and exercise of power through fostering negative dialectical thinking and estrangement. Revisiting the scepticism of Marcuse, Fromm, Horkheim…
Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises
The Social, Political, and Psychological Affordances of Pandemic Humor and Satire in the United States of America and Iran
This essay compares and contrasts the responses of U.S.-American and Iranian citizens to the current health crisis by investigating a corpus of humorous items, collected through a survey tool on the website of the University of Amsterdam between March and July 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis shows that humor was used as a coping and adaptive strategy in both contexts. Individual coping is more evident in the Uni…
Contingent dynamics of political humour
This article introduces the themes of the special issue. It offers a provisional working conception of “political humour.” It then notes some of the tendencies and challenges for scholarship on political humour, namely, that political humour interacts contingently and conditionally with intentions, contexts, and audiences. The individual articles of the special issue are briefly summarized, and some concluding lessons drawn
Employing satire and humor in facing a pandemic
This research employs the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Focus Theory of Normative Conduct to convey how The Late Show with Stephen Colbert employs humor and satire with the aim of providing information, proffering injunctive norms, and modifying attitudes and subjective norms in its public audience, while exposing the inefficacy of behavioral controls and urging public authorities to adopt effective ones instead. In the earlier stages of the…
Reflexive humor and satire
Because most theories of humour emphasize its intersubjective and/or semantic nature, they fail to fully appreciate and explain self-directed humour. Through a critical exploration of the implications of different theories of humour and satire, this paper argues that the spectrum of reflexive humour and satire can be categorized according to the figure of the satirist and the target of satire, both of whom can feature individual or collective soc…
Jessica Milner Davis
Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman
Construction of gender identities via satire
Many studies underscore the societal aspects of satire, yet its role in the construction of social subjects' identities has been mostly ignored. Since satire has been ubiquitous in various cultures and epochs, and identity is also among the primary contemporary concerns in our globalised and multicultural world, the study of the role of satire in the construction of social subjects' identities can prove to be significantly rewarding. Accordingly,…
Employing satire and humor in facing a pandemic
This research employs the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Focus Theory of Normative Conduct to convey how The Late Show with Stephen Colbert employs humor and satire with the aim of providing information, proffering injunctive norms, and modifying attitudes and subjective norms in its public audience, while exposing the inefficacy of behavioral controls and urging public authorities to adopt effective ones instead. In the earlier stages of the…
Contingent dynamics of political humour
This article introduces the themes of the special issue. It offers a provisional working conception of “political humour.” It then notes some of the tendencies and challenges for scholarship on political humour, namely, that political humour interacts contingently and conditionally with intentions, contexts, and audiences. The individual articles of the special issue are briefly summarized, and some concluding lessons drawn
Laughter in times of distress
Through analyzing Iranian humor and satire collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research investigates the potential psychological and socio-political affordances of humor and satire. By employing a cultural studies approach, the study highlights how these cultural expressions offer unique insights into societal dynamics and power structures during crises. It argues that humor was largely used for emotion-focused coping a…
Construction of gender identities via satire
Many studies underscore the societal aspects of satire, yet its role in the construction of social subjects' identities has been mostly ignored. Since satire has been ubiquitous in various cultures and epochs, and identity is also among the primary contemporary concerns in our globalised and multicultural world, the study of the role of satire in the construction of social subjects' identities can prove to be significantly rewarding. Accordingly,…
Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman
Jessica Milner Davis
Reflexive humor and satire
Because most theories of humour emphasize its intersubjective and/or semantic nature, they fail to fully appreciate and explain self-directed humour. Through a critical exploration of the implications of different theories of humour and satire, this paper argues that the spectrum of reflexive humour and satire can be categorized according to the figure of the satirist and the target of satire, both of whom can feature individual or collective soc…
Contingent dynamics of political humour
This article introduces the themes of the special issue. It offers a provisional working conception of “political humour.” It then notes some of the tendencies and challenges for scholarship on political humour, namely, that political humour interacts contingently and conditionally with intentions, contexts, and audiences. The individual articles of the special issue are briefly summarized, and some concluding lessons drawn
Employing satire and humor in facing a pandemic
This research employs the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Focus Theory of Normative Conduct to convey how The Late Show with Stephen Colbert employs humor and satire with the aim of providing information, proffering injunctive norms, and modifying attitudes and subjective norms in its public audience, while exposing the inefficacy of behavioral controls and urging public authorities to adopt effective ones instead. In the earlier stages of the…
The Social, Political, and Psychological Affordances of Pandemic Humor and Satire in the United States of America and Iran
This essay compares and contrasts the responses of U.S.-American and Iranian citizens to the current health crisis by investigating a corpus of humorous items, collected through a survey tool on the website of the University of Amsterdam between March and July 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis shows that humor was used as a coping and adaptive strategy in both contexts. Individual coping is more evident in the Uni…
The ambivalent affordances of humour in capitalist organizations
Responding to concerns raised by Michael Billig (2018) regarding the functions of humour in capitalist organisations, this essay strives to convey how humour and satire can have liberating and empowering affordances for subjects in organisational contexts as they can potentially intervene in the negotiation and exercise of power through fostering negative dialectical thinking and estrangement. Revisiting the scepticism of Marcuse, Fromm, Horkheim…
Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises
A Comparative Study of the Human-Nature Relationship in The Fate of Fausto and I’ll Sow My Hands in the Garden
This article contends that the representation of human-nature relationship in children’s literature can map onto its gender politics through a comparative study of multimodal dynamics of Irish and Persian picturebooks. It builds upon the premise that children’s literature can play a significant role in sustainable education and forming pro-environmental values in the process of socialization during childhood. Oliver Jeffers’ The Fate of Fausto: A…
The paradox of political satire
Communicating multispecies planetary health through multimodal humour and satire
This article explores the role of humour and satire in promoting multispecies planetary health, with a focus on the work of Indian cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty. Following a critical examination of anthropocentric perspectives in planetary health, the study examines how multimodal satirical narratives critique anthropocentrism, capitalism and environmental injustice through a qualitative analysis of his Green Humour series, while advocating for a …
Laughter in times of distress
Through analyzing Iranian humor and satire collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research investigates the potential psychological and socio-political affordances of humor and satire. By employing a cultural studies approach, the study highlights how these cultural expressions offer unique insights into societal dynamics and power structures during crises. It argues that humor was largely used for emotion-focused coping a…
“Playing the white man’s game”
Cartooning in the Anthropocene
This study examines how cartoons address the economic determinants of pro-environmental behaviour under capitalism by analysing the interplay between their verbal and visual elements within the framework of the Modular Interdependency Model (MIM). The findings reveal that many cartoons critique the relationship between ecological issues, capitalism, and consumer lifestyles, while some explore the economic determinants of pro-environmental behavio…
Humor Studies and Applications (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)