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Dr Sharon Lockyer
Associate Dean – Equality & Diversity (Students) / Reader - Sociology & Communications

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Lockyer, S. and De Benedictis, S. (2023) 'Performing pregnancy: Comic content, critique and ambivalence in pregnant stand-up comedy'. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 26 (3). pp. 343 - 361. ISSN: 1367-8779 Open Access Link

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Double, O. and Lockyer, S. (2022) 'Alternative Comedy Now and Then Critical Perspectives'. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 10: 3030973506 ISSN 13: 9783030973506

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Lockyer, S. and Weaver, S. (2022) 'On the importance of the dynamics of humour and comedy for constructionism and reflexivity in social science research methodology'. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 25 (5). pp. 645 - 657. ISSN: 1364-5579 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2020) 'Women and Comedy', in Ross, K., Bachmann, I., Cardo, V., Moorti, S. and Scarcelli, M. (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication. Hoboken, NJ, USA; London : Wiley. pp. 1 - 7. ISBN 13: 9781119429104.

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Lockyer, S. (2020) 'From Toothpick Legs to Dropping Vaginas: Gender and Sexuality n Joan Rivers’ Stand-up Comedy', in Wilkie, I. (ed.) The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader. Routledge. pp. 213 - 223.

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Lockyer, S. (2019) '‘It’s Really Scared of Disability’: Disabled Comedians’ Perspectives of the British Television Comedy Industry', in Kuppers, P. (ed.) Disability, Arts and Culture: International Critical Approaches. Intellect.

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Laineste, L. and Lockyer, S. (2019) 'Introduction: Special Issue dedicated to Christie Davies'. Humor, 32 (2). pp. 147 - 149. ISSN: 0933-1719 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. and Savigny, H. (2019) 'Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny: The Mainstreaming of Rape Jokes in Contemporary Newspaper Discourse'. Feminist Media Studies, 20 (3). pp. 443 - 449. ISSN: 1468-0777 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2016) 'Comedy Matters: On the Impact of Comedy'. Humor: international journal of humor research, 29 (2). pp. 153 - 155. ISSN: 0933-1719 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. and Popa, D. (2016) ''I Like the Metamorphosis of the Characters': Dynamics of Transnational Television Comedy Engagement'. International Journal of Communication, 10 (1). pp. 20 - 41. ISSN: 1932-8036 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2015) 'From Comedy Targets to Comedy-Makers: Disability and Comedy in Live Performance'. Disability and Society, 30 (9). pp. 1397 - 1412. ISSN: 0968-7599 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2015) '‘It’s Really Scared of Disability’: Disabled Comedians’ Perspectives of the British Television Comedy Industry'. The Journal of Popular Television, 3 (2). pp. 179 - 193. ISSN: 2046-9861 Open Access Link

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Myers, LB. and Lockyer, S. (2015) 'Do Repressors Use Comedy as a Strategy to Avoid Negative Affect?', in Moore, KA., Howard, S. and Buchwald, P. (eds.) Stress and Anxiety: Applications to Schools, Well-Being, Coping and Internet Use. Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. pp. 133 - 139.

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Lockyer, S. (2015) 'Performance, Expectation, Interaction and Intimacy: On the Opportunities and Limitations of Arena Stand-up Comedy for Comedians and Audiences'. Journal of Popular Culture, 48 (3). pp. 586 - 603. ISSN: 0022-3840 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2015) 'An Extra Slice of Jo Brand'. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies, 10 (2). pp. 118 - 128. ISSN: 1749-6020 Open Access Link

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Leggott, J., Lockyer, S. and White, R. (2015) ''Acting Up: Gender and Television Comedy''. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies, 10 (2). pp. 1 - 3. ISSN: 1749-6020

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Lockyer, S. (2014) 'Identity', in Attardo, S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Los Angeles and London : Sage. pp. 377 - 378.

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Lockyer, S. (2014) 'Being bovvered and taking liberties: Female performance and feminine identities in 'The Catherine Tate Show'', in Chiaro, D. and Baccolini, R. (eds.) Gender and Humor: Interdisciplinary and international perspectives. New York : Routledge. pp. 212 - 225. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-74285-6.

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Hunt, L., Lockyer, S. and Williamson, M. (2014) 'Screening the undead: Vampires and zombies in film and television'. London: I.B.Tauris. ISSN 13: 9781848859234

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Hunt, L., Lockyer, S. and Williamson, M. (2014) 'Introduction: Sometimes they come back: The vampire and zombie on screen', in Hunt, L., Lockyer, S. and Williamson, M. (eds.) Screening the undead: Vampires and zombies in film and television. London : I.B. Tauris. pp. 1 - 16. ISBN 13: 9781848859234.

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Lockyer, S. (2013) ''Dad's Army Side to Terrorism': Chris Morris, Four Lions and Jihad Comedy', in Leggott, J. and Sexton, J. (eds.) No Known Cure: The Comedy of Chris Morris. London : BFI/Palgrave.

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Attwood, F., Campbell, V., Hunter, IQ. and Lockyer, S. (2012) 'Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge'. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 10: 0230284051 ISSN 13: 9780230284050

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Attwood, F., Campbell, V., Hunter, IQ. and Lockyer, S. (2012) 'Media Controversy and the Crisis of the Image', in Attwood, F., Campbell, V., Hunter, IQ. and Lockyer, S. (eds.) Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge. Basingstoke : Palgrave. pp. 1 - 16.

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Lockyer, S. and Myers, L. (2011) ''It’s about expecting the unexpected’: Live stand-up comedy from the audiences’ perspective'. Participations: journal of audience and reception studies, 8 (2). pp. 165 - 188. ISSN: 1749-8716 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2011) 'From toothpick legs to dropping vaginas: Gender and sexuality in Joan Rivers' stand-up comedy performance'. Comedy Studies, 2 (2). pp. 113 - 123. ISSN: 2040-610X Open Access Link

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Weaver, S. (2011) 'Book Review: Sharon Lockyer (ed.), Reading Little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television, I.B. Taurus: London and New York, 2010, 242 pp.: £12.99'. European Journal of Communication, 26 (1). pp. 77 - 80. ISSN: 0267-3231

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Lockyer, S. (2010) 'Chavs and chav-nots: social class in Little Britain', in Lockyer, S. (ed.) Reading little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television. I B Tauris and Co Ltd. pp. 95 - 110. ISBN 10: 1845119398. ISBN 13: 978-1845119393.

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Lockyer, S. (2010) 'Reading Little Britain: comedy matters on contemporary television'. New York: I B Tauris and Co Ltd. ISSN 10: 1845119398 ISSN 13: 978-1845119393

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Lockyer, S. (2010) 'Introduction: Britain, Britain, Little Britain', in Lockyer, S. (ed.) Reading little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television. New York : I B Tauris and Co Ltd. pp. 1 - 18. ISBN 10: 1845119398. ISBN 13: 978-1845119393.

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Lockyer, S. (2010) 'Dynamics of social class contempt in contemporary British television comedy'. Social Semiotics, 20 (2). pp. 121 - 138. ISSN: 1035-0330 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2010) 'You Must be Joking: The Sociological Critique of Humour and Comic Media', in Pickering, M. (ed.) Popular Culture, 4 Volumes. Los Angeles and London : Sage. pp. 247 - 258.

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2010) 'Dear Shit-Shovellers: Humour, Censure and the Discourse of Complaint', in Pickering, M. (ed.) Popular Culture, 4 Volumes. Los Angeles and London : Sage. , 4. pp. 227 - 245.

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Lockyer, S. and Attwood, F. (2009) '"The sickest television show ever:" Paedogeddon and the British press'. Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, 7 (1). pp. 49 - 60. ISSN: 1540-5702 Open Access Link

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Lockyer, S. (2008) 'History of qualitative research', in Given, LM. (ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage. , Two Volume Set. pp. 706 - 711. ISBN 10: 1412941636. ISBN 13: 978-1412941631.

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Lockyer, S. (2008) 'Observer bias', in Given, LM. (ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage. , Two Volume Set. pp. 576 - 577. ISBN 10: 1412941636. ISBN 13: 978-1412941631.

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Lockyer, S. (2008) 'Textual analysis', in Given, LM. (ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage. , Two Volume Set. pp. 865 - 866. ISBN 10: 1412941636. ISBN 13: 978-1412941631.

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2008) 'You must be joking: the sociological critique of humour and comic media'. Sociology Compass, 2 (3). pp. 808 - 820. ISSN: 1751-9020

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Lockyer, S. (2006) 'A two-pronged attack? Exploring Private Eye's satirical humour and investigative reporting'. Journalism Studies, 7 (5). pp. 765 - 781. ISSN: 1461-670X

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Cross, S. and Lockyer, S. (2006) 'Dynamics of partisan journalism: Journalist-source relations in the context of a local newspaper's anti-paedophile housing agenda'. Journalism Studies, 7 (2). pp. 274 - 291. ISSN: 1461-670X

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Lockyer, S. (2006) 'Heard the one about...applying mixed methods in humour research?'. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 9 (1). pp. 41 - 59. ISSN: 1364-5579

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Cross, S. and Lockyer, S. (2006) 'Paodophiles in the Community: Inter agendy Conflict, Whistleblowers and the Local Press', in Keeble, R. (ed.) Communiction Ethics Today. Leicester : Troubador. pp. 197 - 211.

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2005) 'Beyond a joke: The limits of humour'. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 10: 140393942X ISSN 13: 978-1403939425

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Pickering, M. and Lockyer, S. (2005) 'Introduction: The ethics and aesthetics of humour and comedy', in Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (eds.) Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1 - 24.

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2005) 'Breaking the mould: Conversations with Omid Djalili and Shazia Mirza', in Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (eds.) Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 98 - 125. ISBN 10: 140393942X. ISBN 13: 978-1403939425.

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Pickering, M. and Lockyer, S. (2005) 'The ambiguities of comic impersonation', in Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (eds.) Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 180 - 197. ISBN 10: 140393942X. ISBN 13: 978-1403939425.

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Cross, S. and Lockyer, S. (2004) 'Paedophiles in the community: Inter-agency conflict, whistle blowers and the local press'. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics, 1 (4). pp. 22 - 28.

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Lockyer, S. (2004) 'Coding Qualitative', in Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A. and Futing Liao, T. (eds.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Sage. pp. 137 - 138.

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Lockyer, S. (2004) 'Deconstructionism', in Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A. and Futing Liao, T. (eds.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA and London : Saage. pp. 242.

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Lockyer, S. and Pickering, M. (2001) 'Dear shit-shovellers: Humour, censure and the discourse of complaint'. Discourse & Society, 12 (5). pp. 633 - 651. ISSN: 0957-9265

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