Use the recent scholarly interest in large-scale joke datasets—such as the 32,000 "dad jokes" collated from Reddit—to explore how humans and machine learning models evaluate humor. This could focus on "benign violation theory," which explains why certain shared content becomes viral.
From "Jokes" to "Joks": A Linguacultural Analysis of Shorthand Humor in the Digital Age . 2. The Psychology of "Bulk-Download" Humor
Viral Relief: The Role of Downloadable Internet Memes as Stress-Reduction Tools During Exceptional Circumstances .
