TY - BOOK AU - Estarague,Justine TI - Using humor in persuasion: From defining humor to ways of employing it PY - 2024///. N1 - 27 N2 - Humor is a shape-shifting object of study that is sometimes difficult to grasp. Alternately a means of social interaction, releasing tension, and a way of triggering reactions on a cognitive or emotional level, it allows messages to be transmitted to the greatest number of people through drawing more attention to the message, improving memorization, and promoting a positive attitude. However, it is still one of the least understood persuasion mechanisms. Even if research seems to be growing again, especially in the field of advertising, the literature shows a lack of consensus on its definition. This work therefore highlights, by reviewing the different theoretical approaches to humor, both consensus and divergences, but also focuses on what constitutes a humorous stimulus and presents different ways of using it, in research as well as in communications UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-des-sciences-de-gestion-2023-6-page-15?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -