How does humor impact small talk effectiveness in Spain

The search results do not directly address how humor impacts the effectiveness of small talk specifically in Spain. However, there are relevant insights about humor’s broader social and cultural role in communication and interpersonal interactions.

One study highlights the use of humor to reduce anxiety, sustain attention, and make interactions more engaging, which could relate to small talk effectiveness by fostering a positive and relaxed atmosphere. Other research on humor in Spanish contexts notes its use to channel emotions like fear and suffering through memes during crises such as COVID-19, suggesting humor can help ease social interactions in stressful times. ^{1, 2, 3}

Additionally, the concept of genuine small talk involving sincerity, empathy, and mutual respect is shown to enhance social exchanges and customer experiences, which humor might support by creating emotional resonance. A comparative study on pragmatic conversation strategies in European Spanish also indicates cultural norms influence how conversational mitigation (which can include humor) facilitates smoother communication. ^{4, 5}

None of the immediate sources specifically focus on small talk and humor in Spain. Therefore, I will proceed with a slightly refined search focusing specifically on humor’s role in small talk and informal social interactions in Spain.

References

• The Pedagogical Effectiveness of Using Plurilingualism and humor for French Students Learning Korean

• Humor in Times of COVID-19 in Spain: Viewing Coronavirus Through Memes Disseminated via WhatsApp

• Humor in Times of COVID-19 in Spain: Viewing Coronavirus Through Memes Disseminated via WhatsApp

• Genuine small talk in hospitality services encounter

• Mitigation Strategies in Colloquial Conversations: A Contrastive Approach in European, Cuban, Mexican, Argentinian and Chilean Spanish

• Does small talk with a medical provider affect ChatGPT’s medical counsel? Performance of ChatGPT on USMLE with and without distractions.

• From Talk to Action: How Small Steps Can Make a Big Impact in Marketing Education for Climate Action

• Let the Students Talk. Student Perception of Automatic Textbook Billing in a Small Liberal Art Public State University

• Teaching Small Talk: Increasing On-Topic Conversational Exchanges in College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Using Remote Audio Coaching

• Explorative cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer recurrence detection with next-generation sequencing liquid biopsy in Spain, France, and Germany

• Impact of NSCLC metabolic remodeling on immunotherapy effectiveness

• A multicentre observational study of the effectiveness, safety and economic impact of nivolumab on non-small-cell lung cancer in real clinical practice

• Clinical and economic impact of ‘ROS1-testing’ strategy compared to a ‘no-ROS1-testing’ strategy in advanced NSCLC in Spain

• Can a Humorous Conversational Agent Enhance Learning Experience and Outcomes?

• Formula for the success of humor journalism formats on television according to their professional teams

• Produção de humor em narrativas infantis em espanhol

• Face-enhancing compliments in informal conversations in Valencian Spanish

• Commonality and Individuality! Integrating Humor Commonality with Speaker Individuality for Humor Recognition

• Psychometric Comparisons of Benevolent and Corrective Humor across 22 Countries: The Virtue Gap in Humor Goes International

• “Beyond laughter”: a systematic review to understand how interventions utilise comedy for individuals experiencing mental health problems