Social Inequality Through Critical Humor

Social inequality through critical humor

Meanings of social inequality through critical humor

Social inequality is a problem that has been gaining strength for a while ago in Colombia, and that in addition to sharpening, it has normalized with the passing of the years in both social and virtual contexts. Multiple authors define social inequality as “the asymmetric distribution of power relations that generates economic, social, cultural and political exclusion, and also prejudices’. Likewise, Amar et al (2002) defines this phenomenon as “the inequitable distribution of certain attributes. Attributes refer to goods and services, rights and obligations, power and privileges, depending not on personal characteristics but of social positions ”. These definitions show a consensus when talking about social inequality, since both suggest the inequities that occur in a society due to different factors, including power relations.

On the other hand, the present research deals with the theme of critical humor and how its use on different platforms has allowed the development and transmission of current problems for most young people and adults. This since many of these dynamics expose attitudes of everyday life and its impact on the current situation of the country. An example of this is stipulated by time in the following statement "in Mexico and Argentina, humor is a way of pointing out what does not work in society" (El Tiempo, 2018). Understanding that current social networks are the closest to which the young and young adult population have access and in which they can find out what happens day by day.

So on most platforms national news is disclosed in different ways such as critical humor, which has tended to attract attention in young people.

Similarly, Gómez, Roses and Farias (2012) claim that social networks are currently a universal element and is a quick and effective way for the exchange of information and knowledge in the youth academic field. Thanks to this, the YouTube platform, as Bañuelos (2009) rescues the practice and cultural consumption that entails. The semantic definition of the platform in addition, also allows us to understand the applicability of the almost-media show theory and interaction on YouTube, that is, thanks to this, different interaction dynamics of both the contents and of the consumers of the same arise. One of the conclusions that this author rescues is that "the interactive possibilities of YouTube can grow to the extent that they move away from a market logic, and opens to an authentic dialogic and humanistic socialization of a humanistic nature" (p.22) allowing the research question to be raised. How are meanings about social inequality in Colombia through critical humor in the video “Thus they shut up people in Colombia” on the YouTube channel of “La Pulla”? So that in this way there are content such as the polish that generate meanings of problems as great as inequality in Colombia.

Due to the above, the elaboration of this study is of great importance since it allows the opening of new questions about the ways through which a social problem can be disseminated in order to generate knowledge and impact on those consumers of theCurrent news platforms, in addition to this, it is relevant to resume issues such as social inequality specifically landed in a Colombian context since it is a problem that despite being very present in everyday life, has not had much voice precisely because of normalizationwhich occurs in the population because of the forced silence that has been given by the strong and marked power relations that interfere within the same process that gives visibility to the problem.

Method

A theoretical collection was carried out in order to integrate a qualitative investigation, since it allows (appointment) the in -depth analysis of a punctual phenomenon and the elements that revolve around this. In addition, the netnography that allows the direct data of the online source, whether comments, images, audios, or any useful file for research ( .In order to detail how the critical humor tool in the content of the video "thus they shut up people in Colombia" by pulla, it can generate meanings of social inequality. On the other hand, as a criterion for the selection of participants, comments will be taken into account as they are related to the topics addressed in the video, as well as were addressed by authors such as Bicquelet (2017) and Héau Lambert (2010) in theirstudies.

The “La Pulla” channel aims to provide an informative and opinion space, where contexts and reflections of situations that afflict the Colombian population are analyzed. The present investigation will allow to investigate depth on the meanings of social inequality that arise in the comments made by the spectators of this type of content. Additional, a theoretical triangulation is evidenced, which implies the analysis of several theories to understand a phenomenon, in this case, the critical humor, the interactions of the YouTube platform and its implications are being taken into account in addition to the importance of the meanings of the meanings of the meanings of the meaningsgenerated from virtual content, in order to understand social inequality and the meanings that unfold from this.

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