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Caitlin E. Smith Sockbeson; Leigh R. Hartman; John C. Shaw – Management Teaching Review, 2024
Popular culture references have demonstrated usefulness as a pedagogical tool as they enhance student engagement and information retention. Use of the American version of the hit mockumentary TV series "The Office" has demonstrated pedagogical effectiveness in management, organizational behavior, and human resources courses. The show…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Television, Office Management, Office Occupations Education
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Cooper, B. Lee – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
Discusses the emergence of the horror genre in U.S. mass media, including literature, films, songs, and television. Examples of thematic and character exchanges among major media areas are described; the interest of youth in horror is discussed; and songs of horror and humor are described. (41 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Characterization, Humor, Literature, Mass Media
Morlan, Don B. – 1995
This paper traces the interest by academic popular culture scholars in the films of the American slapstick comedy group of the 1930s and 1940s, "The Three Stooges." Noting that between 1990 and 1995 at least 17 scholarly articles have been presented at various popular culture association meetings, the paper touches upon the universal and…
Descriptors: Comedy, Film Study, Higher Education, Humor