The Effects of Stereotypical Humor Through The Disciplines of Media and Culture
Many people tend to use humor as a positive communication skill to make us laugh. Humor has long been used as a tool to navigate and promote stereotype through the form of media and popular culture with reference to current affairs. Humor can also be used to help people cope with the offensiveness of being stereotype. By defenition stereotype is known as a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group. In the last decade there has seen a staunch increase in technology and a rise in social media; this comes with its own benefits and downfalls. The use of stereotypical humor has been represented through these avenues and has become a crucial importance in not only dividing popular culture, but also holds the power to ferociously sway opinion and dangerously tarnish the reputation of political representatives. Stereotypical humor holds an enormous amount of special formality within the structure of popular culture and is a light-weight power tool that can be used by the media to completely alter the structure of society. The most common way that the average person gets to experience humor when absorbing …show more content…
" From the standpoint of humor studies, the biggest challenge regarding humor in popular culture comes from this very centrality and ubiquity. Billboards, television, radio commerials, personal ads, bartenders, comic strips, popular songs – all fool around with ideas and values outside the bonds of high art", (J, Lee, Studies in American Humour, Alabama, USA, 2006). I is apparent that humor is embedded deeply in America's history of popular culture and show no sign of
Many people tend to use humor as a positive communication skill to make us laugh. Humor has long been used as a tool to navigate and promote stereotype through the form of media and popular culture with reference to current affairs. Humor can also be used to help people cope with the offensiveness of being stereotype. By defenition stereotype is known as a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group. In the last decade there has seen a staunch increase in technology and a rise in social media; this comes with its own benefits and downfalls. The use of stereotypical humor has been represented through these avenues and has become a crucial importance in not only dividing popular culture, but also holds the power to ferociously sway opinion and dangerously tarnish the reputation of political representatives. Stereotypical humor holds an enormous amount of special formality within the structure of popular culture and is a light-weight power tool that can be used by the media to completely alter the structure of society. The most common way that the average person gets to experience humor when absorbing …show more content…
" From the standpoint of humor studies, the biggest challenge regarding humor in popular culture comes from this very centrality and ubiquity. Billboards, television, radio commerials, personal ads, bartenders, comic strips, popular songs – all fool around with ideas and values outside the bonds of high art", (J, Lee, Studies in American Humour, Alabama, USA, 2006). I is apparent that humor is embedded deeply in America's history of popular culture and show no sign of