Week # 16 - December 11, 2008

The Satellite Dish for Campers. Political and organizational humor. Globalization and consumerism.

Readings for Week 16:

Koller, Marvin R.: Political Humor. In Humor and Society: Explorations in the Sociology of Humor. Houston. 1988. Pp.215-232.

The Museum of Weird Consumer Culture. At www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/museum.htm

Friedman, Linda Weiser & Hershey H. Friedman: A Framework for the study of Computer-Oriented Humor. CIS Working Paper Series. New York. 2003.www.papers.ssrn.com/sol13/papers.cfm?abstract_id=9077102003.

O'Rourke, P. J.: Why Americans Hate Foreign Policy. In Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism. Atlantic Monthly Press. New York. 2003. Pp.1-16.

O'Rourke, P. J.: Kuwait and Iraq. March and April 2003. In Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism. Atlantic Monthly Press. New York. 2003. Pp.1-16.

TAKE-HOME EXAM!!! (to be turned in on December 18, 2008)