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Narrative strategy as humoristic resource in sitcom: the case of How I Met Your Mother [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar cómo se consigue crear humor en una comedia de situación. Para ello, nos apoyaremos en la Teoría General del Humor Verbal establecida por Attardo y Raskin (1991).
Aliaga Aguza, Laura María
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Enhancing voter attitudes and responses toward a greenspace ballot initiative through effective persuasive messaging

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.
Greenspace ballot initiatives (GBIs) are vital for conservation funding, and their success depends on effective voter outreach. This study examines how communication strategies, specifically celebrity endorsements and temporal framing, influence voter attitudes, revealing that celebrity endorsements are particularly persuasive among less‐engaged voters,
Suiwen (Sharon) Zou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TV Review on ABC\u27s Fresh Off the Boat

open access: yes, 2015
For its first season, ABC\u27s Fresh Off the Boat, which has an Asian American family at the center of the story, made a lot of buzzes around pop cultural critics, both from professional pundits (e.g., a New York Times critic) and amateurs (e.g., my wife)
Yang, Sunggu
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Paradise Hotel – en reality-situasjonskomedie-såpeopera - En historie om reality-fiksjonsgenrehybridisering

open access: yesNorsk Medietidsskrift, 2016
Sammendrag Denne artikkelen undersøker det kontroversielle reality-konkurranseprogrammet Paradise Hotel Norge (TV3 2009–) som et estetisk objekt.
Gry Rustad
doaj   +1 more source

Enlightened Racism and The Cosby Show

open access: yesThe Owl, 2014
As one of the beloved sitcoms in United States history, scholars and viewers remember The Cosby Show as a progressive force in racial relations. For the first time in the representation of African Americans, Cosby and others created a television show ...
Rachel Crooks
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Adaptation of stand-up persona to the narratives of sitcom and dramedy

open access: yesSeries. International journal of tv serial narratives, 2016
This article explores the results of the adaptation of Louis C.K.’s stand-up persona to the narrative and genre conditions of the sitcom and the television dramedy.
Zemfira Salamova
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From Friends to “The Girl Friend”: the Early Evolution of Jennifer Aniston’s Star Image

open access: yesTV Series, 2022
In the more than twenty-five years since the spectacular success of the iconic television sitcom/cultural phenomenon Friends (NBC, 1994-2004), the ensemble program’s six actors have parlayed that visibility into careers of varying success on network and ...
Jessica Thrasher Chenot
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Humor in Mohawk Girls: the Deft Interweaving of Gender and Race

open access: yesSeries. International journal of tv serial narratives, 2018
The sitcom Mohawk Girls (2014-2017) calls for a change in racialized and gendered identity models. Mohawk Girls deftly approaches racial issues, often in a serious tone, all the while giving its audience what it expects from a sitcom: witty dialogue ...
Jean Sébastien
doaj   +1 more source

The Representation of Urban Upper Middle Class American Women\u27s Community in Sex and the City [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
The portrayal of urban upper middle class American women\u27s community in Sex and the City-SATC-is built upon constructed symbols related to the position of urban upper middle class American Women\u27s community and how cosmopolitan the women are.
Gani, Y. D. (Yola)
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Spartan Daily, November 3, 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Volume 125, Issue 40https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10183/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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