Playing with mental models : humour in the BBC comedy series The office /

"In this book, the author uses a mental-model theory of communication to investigate the acclaimed British situation comedy The Office. The approach taken is multi-disciplinary, and focuses on questions as: What are mental models and what role do they play in communication in general, and in cr...

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Main Author: Jongste, Henri de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020
Series:Topics in humor research ; v. 9.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:"In this book, the author uses a mental-model theory of communication to investigate the acclaimed British situation comedy The Office. The approach taken is multi-disciplinary, and focuses on questions as: What are mental models and what role do they play in communication in general, and in creating and watching The Office in particular? Whose mental models are involved in creating and watching The Office? How do these mental models relate to each other? How exactly do the creators of The Office and their audience engage in constructing, exchanging and coordinating mental models? How do mental models and their comic use relate to humour and humour theories and what is the nature of play in the deployment of mental models in comedy? The book is aimed at humour scholars from various backgrounds and at people interested in communication in general"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations (some color.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027261137
902726113X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 14, 2020).