Thinking critically what is the relationship between comedy and free speech for you, and what experiences have led you to this position? Here are four possible options, though there are surely others in addition to combinations of these four. One common position is that any topic should be fair game for a comedian. If patrons choose to pay to watch a comedian perform or show up at a free performance on campus, for example, they shouldn’t be surprised if something they find offensive gets paid-in fact, they should perhaps expect to be offended. A second position argues that humor is or at least can be a tool for combatting various kinds of social and societal problems by naming them policy and mocking them. Related to this position is the acknowledgement that such humor often is truly funny, even when it comes at the expense of members of groups we do or don’t belong to. A third position contends that context is crucial-the identity of the person using humor, the homogeneity or values of the particular audience, and the specific location where the humor is used all matter. A fourth position claims that there can be no humor about certain topics; in short, these topics are to be treated as taboos when it comes to humor.

Which of these number is main idea? ! (1) propaganda is information that is methodically spread in order to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion. (2) advertising is an ever-present form of propaganda in our lives. (3) four common propaganda techniques are present in the advertising we see and hear every day. (4) one technique, the testimonial, involves having a well-known person appear on behalf of the product being sold. (5) advertisers assume, for example, that if we admire a sports star, we’ll want to eat the cereal he or she endorses. (6) another common propaganda technique, the bandwagon, makes us want to be “one of the gang.” (7) “everybody’s switching to . .” “don’t be left out . . ” and “all across america, people are discovering . . ” are phrases that signal a bandwagon approach. (8) the plain-folks propaganda technique is especially popular on tv. (9) in plain-folks commercials, we see and hear “regular” consumers talk about their experience using a certain phone company, headache remedy, or brand of coffee. (10) the fourth common propaganda technique, the transfer, encourages us to link two unrelated objects in our mind. (11) when a powerful cougar prowls around a shiny new car, for example, advertisers hope we will transfer our sense of the wild cat’s speed, strength, and beauty to our vision of their product.