Debatable Humor - Laughing Matters on the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign

Informationen zum Autor Patrick A. Stewart is assistant professor of political science at the University of Arkansas. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Laughing matters on the campaign trail: Humor and laughter in the 2008 presidential primary debates Chapter 2: Laugh codes: Serious thoughts about humorous comments and the politicians who make them Chapter 3: Laughing all the way to the bank: Audience laughter, media, and money Chapter 4: Punchline politics: Laughter and humor during primary debates Chapter 5: Funny faces: Presidential candidate display behavior Chapter 6: "Likeable enough": Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Barack Obama Chapter 7: Playful politicians: Why laughter and humor matters in the rough-and-tumble world of politics Appendix: Inter-coder reliability BibliographyIndex...

Product details

• Authors: Patrick A. Stewart
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2012
• EAN: 9780739166970
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6697-0
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, HUMOR / Topic / Politics, Humour, Political structures: democracy, Rhetoric, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, american government, policy and law, parties, campaigns and elections