The Benefits of Comedy: Teaching Ethics through Shared Laughter
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Authors
James, Christine
Issue Date
2005
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Ethics, Art, Pop Culture and philosophy, Screen Comedy, Comedy, Virtue Ethics, Philosophy Of Race, Film and Television Comedy, Comedy Studies
Alternative Title
Abstract
Entertainment and mass media contributed to the students' mindset and the lens through which they viewed and interpreted their lived experience. Comedic mass media in the form of television sitcoms and films were common choices for inexpensive entertainment, in their childhood, in their past, in their homes, and now in their college dorms and apartments. In asking students to connect their own history with cultural trends depicted in comedy in film and television, even through the history of television, gave the students a familiar venue to critically consider their own intellectual growth and development and that of American society as a whole.
Description
James, Christine (2005). Reconceptualizing The Benefits of Comedy: Teaching Ethics with Shared Laughter. AE-Extra. 1 electronic record (PDF).
Citation
James, Christine A. (2005). The Benefits of Comedy: Teaching Ethics with Shared Laughter. AE-Extra. April. Available Online. [URL: < http://www.unco.edu/AEExtra/2005/4/Art-3.html]
Publisher
AE-Extra