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Laughing Matter: A Symposium: Putdown Humor
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Zillmann, Dolf; Stocking, S. Holly – Journal of Communication, 1976
Investigates positive and negative perspectives of self-disparaging humor. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Content Analysis, Humor, Self Concept
Effects of Humorous Distortions on Children's Learning from Educational Television.
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Zillmann, Dolf; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Kindergarteners and first and fourth graders watched an educational television program containing three types of humor. Information acquisition and funniness were assessed. Compared with distortion-free humor, irony resulted in overestimates of properties of novel objects introduced in the program. Age did not diminish perceptual distortion.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Humor
Using Humor to Promote Learning in the Classroom.
Bryant, Jennings; Zillmann, Dolf – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1988
Reviews the literature for empirical support of the use of humor in classroom teaching. Concludes that the judicious use of humor by a teacher can facilitate student learning, and offers guidelines for its use. (FMW)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Guidelines for the Effective Use of Humor in Children's Educational Television Programs.
Zillmann, Dolf; Bryant, Jennings – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1988
Presents guidelines for the use of humor in children's educational television. Reviews the literature in the following areas: (1) audience attraction; (2) post-choice attention; (3) acquisition of educational information and (4) the viewing experience in hedonic terms. (FMW)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Humor
College Students' Perception of Lecturers Using Humor.
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Tamborini, Ron; Zillmann, Dolf – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Audio-taped lectures by male or female professors were produced in four versions: no humor; sexual humor; other-disparaging humor; and self-disparaging humor. Male and female students rated lecturers' intelligence and appeal. Intelligence ratings were unaffected by humor variations, but significant lecturer-student sex interactions were found on…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Humor, Lecture Method