Debatable Humor : Laughing Matters on the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign.

By:

Stewart, Patrick A, 1966-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (147 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739174142
0739174142

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Debatable Humor : Laughing Matters on the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign.DDC classification:

324.70973 324.973090511

LOC classification:

JK526 2008 .S87 2012eb

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Contents:

DEBATABLE HUMOR; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Laughing Matters on the Campaign Trail: Humor and Laughter in the 2008 Presidential Primary Debates; 2 Laugh Codes: Serious Thoughts About Humorous Comments and the Politicians Who Make Them; 3 Laughing All the Way to the Bank: Audience Laughter, Media, and Money; 4 Punchline Politics: Laughter and Humor during Primary Debates; 5 Funny Faces: Presidential Candidate Display Behavior; 6 "Likeable Enough": Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Barack Obama.

7 Playful Politicians: Why Laughter and Humor Matters in the Rough-and-Tumble World of PoliticsAppendix: Inter-Coder Reliability; Index.

Summary: Debatable Humor focuses on understanding the behavior of individual candidates within the context of political debates, and uses an evolutionary psychology perspective to understand the roots of this behavior. Specifically, it considers the role humor and laughter plays in selecting leaders and, in turn, how this reflects the values of the political system.

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7 Playful Politicians: Why Laughter and Humor Matters in the Rough-and-Tumble World of PoliticsAppendix: Inter-Coder Reliability; Index.

Debatable Humor focuses on understanding the behavior of individual candidates within the context of political debates, and uses an evolutionary psychology perspective to understand the roots of this behavior. Specifically, it considers the role humor and laughter plays in selecting leaders and, in turn, how this reflects the values of the political system.