Understanding humor through communication : why be funny, anyway? /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- A communicative introduction to humor
- Humor as life pattern disruption
- Theories of humor origin
- Humor as uniting and dividing
- Functions of humor in communication
- Humor's "black box" : a model of individual humor choice
- Characteristics of individual humor
- Humor and persuasion
- Humor in organizations and cultures
- Humor in personal relationships
- Dangers of humor for relationships
- A social model of humor
- Bibliography.