Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises

This book explores how satire and humor can be employed to address and mitigate ecological crises at individual and collective levels. It will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in environmental humanities, communication science, psychology, and critical humor studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Theories, Types, and Functions of Humor: A Brief Overview 3. Determinants of Pro-Environmental Behavior 4. A Modular Interdependency Model for the Potential Impact of Humor and Satire on Environmental Behavior 5. Humorous and Satiric Environmental Advocacy in Popular Culture 6. Measuring the Potential Impacts of Humor and Satire on Environmental Behavior 7. Conclusion and Implications

About the author

Massih Zekavat is researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, Faculty of Arts, The University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and former Alexander von Humboldt Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany.
Tabea Scheel is professor in the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, International Institute of Management and Economic Education, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany.

Summary

This book explores how satire and humor can be employed to address and mitigate ecological crises at individual and collective levels. It will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in environmental humanities, communication science, psychology, and critical humor studies.

Product details

• Authors: Tabea Scheel, Massih Zekavat, Massih Scheel Zekavat
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367517687
• ISBN: 978-0-367-51768-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, Media Studies, HISTORY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social, group or collective psychology, Literary studies: general, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Environmental science, engineering and technology