We discuss the attention economy and the Society of the Spectacle with Katt Williams/Club Shay Shay Extended Cut and the historical case studies of crisis communication in the new media environment with the Alaska Airlines Ad, as well as the relevance – and irrelevance – of laughter in satire in Weekend Update. Readings include 60 years of philosophy, 30 years public relations case studies, and an experimental study by psychologists Rhodes and Ellithorpe.
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Readings and Resources
Debord, G. (1967). The society of the spectacle. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm
Deighton, J., & Kornfeld, L. (2010). United breaks guitars. HBS Case, (510-057). https://blog0628.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/hbs_united-breaks-guitars-.pdf
New York Times (6 Feb 1993). COMPANY NEWS; Jack in the Box’s Worst Nightmare. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/06/business/company-news-jack-in-the-box-s-worst-nightmare.html
Rhodes, N., & Ellithorpe, M. E. (2016). Laughing at risk: Sitcom laugh tracks communicate norms for behavior. Media Psychology, 19(3), 359-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2015.1090908
Shoemaker, D. (2024). Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo213636907.html
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