Email Jokes 1998-2004

The archived data consist of jokes, anecdotes and other humorous texts distributed through email messages. The researcher sent the request for email humour to the staff members of the Department of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Tampere, Finland, in February 2003. The staff members in their turn distributed the request further. Texts were received from university staff members and students as well as from outsiders. Data collection continued till the year 2004. The total number of email messages received was 217, some of which contained more than one joke or anecdote. The jokes/anecdotes were mostly in Finnish, but approximately 20% were in English. The themes of the email messages varied greatly. Many were connected to current events, for instance, the Iraq war, September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA, and the doping scandal of Finnish skiers in 2001. Other recurring themes included sexuality, gender and ethnicity stereotypes, and professional jokes. As is typical in email humor, the original creator of the jokes/anecdotes often remained unknown. The dataset is only available in the original languages.

存档数据包括通过电子邮件传递的笑话、轶事及其他幽默文本。研究人员于2003年2月向芬兰坦佩雷大学社会学与社会心理学系的教职工发送了关于电子邮件幽默的请求，该请求随后被进一步分发。收集到的文本来自大学教职工、学生以及外界人士。数据收集一直持续至2004年。总共收到了217封电子邮件，其中一些包含了不止一个笑话或轶事。笑话和轶事主要以芬兰语呈现，但大约20%为英语。电子邮件的主题范围广泛，许多与当前事件相关，例如伊拉克战争、2001年美国9/11恐怖袭击以及芬兰滑雪运动员的兴奋剂丑闻。其他反复出现的主题包括性与性别、种族刻板印象以及职业笑话。正如电子邮件幽默的典型特征，笑话或轶事的原始创作者往往不为人知。该数据集仅以原始语言提供。