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Ragan, Sandra L. – 1979
Frame analysis of 85 cartoons from "The New Yorker" magazine was used to discover the significant keys, or metacommunicative characterizers, of cartoon humor. It was hypothesized that these keys/characterizers function to cue the readers so that they frame the message of the cartoon in a way that permits a humorous interpretation of the cartoon's…
Descriptors: Caricatures, Cartoons, Communication Research, Content Analysis
Bryant, Jennings; And Others – 1980
A study was designed to determine the particular effects of humorous illustrations on a textbook's teaching effectiveness, appeal, persuasibility, and potential to motivate. Experimental text materials were prepared in two levels of difficulty and six cartoons were drawn to illustrate different educational points that were made in the materials.…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor
