Week # 16 - December 10, 2009 The Satellite Dish for Campers. Political and organizational humor. Globalization and consumerism. Diversity focus: • Political humor as the most obvious expression of political, social, economic, etc., reality in the U.S.A. and abroad (e.g., communism, the issue of refugees in the U.S.). • How ridiculous is ridiculous? Progress or demise of American society. FINAL EXAM (take home; to be turned in on December 17, 2009).

Readings for Week #16:
Friedman, Linda Weiser & Hershey H. Friedman: A Framework for the Study of Computer-Oriented Humor (COHUM). CIS Working Paper Series. New York. 2003.
www.papers.ssrn.com/sol13/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907710

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

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. 144-185.

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