02996nam 2200661Ia 450 991045284850332120200520144314.01-280-77012-097866136808910-7391-7414-2(CKB)2550000000104141(EBL)943690(OCoLC)852756080(SSID)ssj0000701131(PQKBManifestationID)12330948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701131(PQKBWorkID)10692578(PQKB)10366391(SSID)ssj0000688403(PQKBManifestationID)12269382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688403(PQKBWorkID)10606409(PQKB)11607420(MiAaPQ)EBC943690(Au-PeEL)EBL943690(CaPaEBR)ebr10570583(CaONFJC)MIL368089(EXLCZ)99255000000010414120120125d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDebatable humor[electronic resource] laughing matters on the 2008 presidential primary campaign /Patrick A. StewartLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (147 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-6697-2 0-7391-6696-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Obama7 Playful Politicians: Why Laughter and Humor Matters in the Rough-and-Tumble World of PoliticsAppendix: Inter-Coder Reliability; IndexDebatable 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.PresidentsUnited StatesElection2008Wit and humorPolitical aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.PresidentsElectionWit and humorPolitical aspects324.973/0931Stewart Patrick A.1966-858203MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452848503321Debatable humor1915920UNINA