Weaponised Humour: Delegitimisation of Academic Expertise via Persona-Based Parody

Abstract

(Denne artikkelen er kun utgitt på engelsk)

This article examines how humour can operate as online violence against academics through a persona-based parody of my public writing. I situate this case within three overlapping frameworks – humour as social infrastructure, epistemic injustice, and the digital hall of mirrors – to show how parody enacts delegitimisation while simultaneously shielding attackers under claims of “just joking”. Anchored in the Norwegian context, the analysis connects this case to the tullestudier (“bullshit studies”) debate, demonstrating how ridicule circulates across social and political arenas and how this normalises epistemic violence.

Keywords: online violence, humour, epistemic injustice, anti-genderism, Norway

Les hele artikkelen hos Scandinavian University Press (scup.com): https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/tfk.50.1.5

Dette er en Open Access artikkel distribuert under vilkårene Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0