Dataset title: Transcripts and analysis of interviews with Perth comedians on Twitter DOI: 10.33684/joke8181haha Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Joe Q. Researcher Institution: Curtin University Email: jqresearcher@curtin.edu.au ORCID: 1234-1234-1234-1234 Date of dataset collection: 20170820 - 20171221 Date of dataset publication: 20181130 Keywords: professional writers, linguistic changes, social media, Australia, education, twitter, comedians, comedy, humour, tweets Primary dataset contact: Dr Joe Q Researcher, jqresearcher@curtin.edu.au If necessary, further information or contact details may be found by emailing researchdata@curtin.edu.au +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DATA INFORMATION Data description: 30 text files with 1 NVivo .nvp file Data collection details (time, method): In August-November 2017 questions regarding writing for Twitter and writing for were asked to the participants on two internet forums - 1) the Blackboard discussion group for Curtin University unit HCWR4001 - Advanced Humour and Comedy Writing and 2) the closed invite-only Facebook group "Perth Comedy Writers". Those answers were transcribed and coded in NVivo using the Gunston classification system. This data relates to an article published in 2018 in Comedy Studies 9(2) (ISSN 2040-6118). Number of files & types: 1 .docx file - Questions 28 .docx file - respondent answers (recorded in the format: username-topic-forum-date.docx) 1 NVivo file containing respondent analysis and coding Special software required to open files: NVivo 12 required for Nvivo files Geographic information (if relevant): Perth, Western Australia +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REUSE INFORMATION Recommended citation: Researcher, J.Q. (2018). Transcript and analysis of interviews with Perth comedians on Twitter. Curtin University. DOI: 10.33684/joke8181haha This dataset is provided under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 License. More details can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/