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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452848503321

Autore

Stewart Patrick A. <1966->

Titolo

Debatable humor [[electronic resource] ] : laughing matters on the 2008 presidential primary campaign / / Patrick A. Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77012-0

9786613680891

0-7391-7414-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Disciplina

324.973/0931

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2008

Wit and humor - Political aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.