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Comedy

About: Comedy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8400 publications have been published within this topic receiving 67483 citations. The topic is also known as: humor.


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TL;DR: This paper found that viewers were more likely than non-viewers to base their evaluations of George W. Bush on character traits after he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Abstract: Having become fully integrated into the contemporary political landscape, infotainmentoriented media extend Americans’ traditional news (e.g. newspaper, radio, and television) to include a greater number of sources for political information, and in some cases, political mobilization. Given the increasing prominence of infotainment-oriented media in contemporary politics, this study addresses the effects of one particular type of infotainment—late-night comedy—during the 2000 presidential campaign. Specifically, we are interested in whether watching late-night comedy shows influences viewers’ evaluations of the candidates who have appeared on these shows; in particular, we investigate priming as the mechanism by which such influences occur. Findings from the 2000 National Annenberg Election Survey (N = 11,482) indicate that evaluations of candidates are based in part on respondents’ sociodemographics, perceptions of candidates to handle certain issues, and their character traits. There was a main effect of watching latenight comedy on evaluations of candidates; more importantly, viewers were more likely than nonviewers to base their evaluations of George W. Bush on character traits after he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. A large corpus of political communication scholarship grounded in the election

148 citations

Book
01 Nov 1988
TL;DR: Basinger as mentioned in this paper provides a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film genre, discussing over one thousand movies and using them to define the meaning of genre itself.
Abstract: One of America's most renowned film scholars, Jeanine Basinger, offers a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film. Discussing over one thousand movies, Basinger covers in-depth the key examples of the genre and uses them to define the meaning of genre itself. From "Bataan" to "Battleground" to "The Dirty Dozen" to "Saving Private Ryan," the book traces the evolution of the combat genre, as its recurring characters, plots and events are used and reused over time. There is also a section outlining what happens when women replace men in combat and when the subject is treated as comedy. First published in 1986, this updated and expanded edition of the book contains a new introduction, a new chapter on "Saving Private Ryan" and an updated filmography. This is an essential text for anyone seriously interested in genre, movies, and with 38 photographs, as much a treat to look at as it is to read.

143 citations

Book
01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The second edition contains eight new essays for a total of twentynine essays by some of film's most distinguished critics and scholars, including John G. Cawelti, Thomas Elsaesser, Paul Schrader, Thomas Schatz, Robin Wood, Steve Neale, and Linda Williams as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For almost a decade, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film. Now Barry Grant has revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This second edition contains eight new essays for a total of twenty-nine essays by some of film's most distinguished critics and scholars, including John G. Cawelti, Thomas Elsaesser, Paul Schrader, Thomas Schatz, Robin Wood, Steve Neale, and Linda Williams. The anthology covers the full range of theoretical issues and critical approaches to film genre. The first section concentrates on genre theory, covering such topics as generic definition, genre and ideology, genre and sexuality, and the generic experience. The second section analyzes a wide variety of particular genres, including westerns, science fiction, film noir, melodrama, romantic comedy, musicals, horror, gangster, disaster, war, and epic films. The extensive bibliography has also been updated and expanded.

142 citations

Book
01 Jan 1981
TL;DR: In this paper, an edition of Oscar Wilde's essay in dialogue form, on the theme of art versus life, is presented, where two fashionably decadent talkers engaged in the "chit-chat" of the day -both an intellectual comedy of manners, and a provocative treatise on aesthetics.
Abstract: This is an edition of Oscar Wilde's essay in dialogue form, on the theme of art versus life. Two fashionably decadent talkers engaged in the "chit-chat" of the day - both an intellectual comedy of manners, and a provocative treatise on aesthetics.

141 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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2023382
2022977
2021177
2020283
2019284
2018310