Language and Humour in the Media provides new insights into the interface between humour studies and media discourse analysis, connecting two areas of scholarly interest that have not been studied extensively before. The volume adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, concentrating on the various roles humour plays in print and audiovisual media, the forms it takes, the purposes it serves, the butts it targets, the implications it carries and the differences it may assume across cultures. The phenomena described range from conversational humour, canned jokes and wordplay to humour in translation and news satire.
Humour is a powerful management tool, which, if used properly, can be extremely effective to gain attention, create rapport and make a message more memorable. This interesting book highlights the benefits of humour at the workplace and recognizes the value of humour in a variety of situations. The author has included numerous examples of the effective use of humour at the workplace and provided step-by-step guidelines on how to make the most of this incredibly easy skill in managing people and relationships.
'At home we started with an innocent life. Walking home from village dances across pale wet fields, looking at birds on the moonlit lake, playing a tune across the water in the early morning with no other sound in the clear cold air.' Innocence and experience, loss and longing, humour and sadness run hand in hand through these stories
This book is a great find for anyone with a decent sense of humour. It's packed full of wit about every daily-life subject under the sun. The author finds the comical truth in many every day topics and this makes it applicable to just about everyone - delightfully unusual for a humour book. You'll find yourself laughing till you cry.
