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• Comedy viewers preferences Lightheartedness, state of stress, escapism
• Mood management Use of entertainment serves the regulation of positive mood states
• Slapstick Comedy with emphasis on physical jokes where actions cross limits of physically desirable behavior
• Romcom Based on misconceptions, independent women match the male counterpart with witty banter etc
• Surprise Misleading audience by means of a sudden unexpected concept
• Irony Saying one thing, meaning something else or the opposite
• Clownish humor Weird limb movements or demonstrating exaggerated physical behavior
• Satire Bringing attention/criticising social problems by means of humor
• Misunderstanding Misinterpreting a situation
• Parody Imitation with intention of commenting or ridiculing the original work with caricatures
• Scatological humor Vulgar humor crossing line for sake of making people laugh/cringe
• Inconcruity theory Humor perceived the moment one realizes there's incongruity between concept and object. Nonsense, absurdity and surprise
• Superiority theory Laughing at others misfortunes because we feel superiority over victims shortcomings
• Relief theory Laughter resulting from release of nervous energy, to reveal repressed desires and to overcome sociocultural inhibitions. Sexual, aggressive
• Cultural incongruence Globalized films
• Sitcom Situation Comedy - Most common, successful and culturally significant type of TV
• Laughing track Cue, social contagion of smiling and laughing increase enjoyment
• People more inclined to enjoy horror Adolescent males, sensation seekers, lower empathy
• Negatively valence events Greater impact on individual than positively
• Suspense Audience members acute, fearful apprehension about deplorable events that threaten the protagonists
• Creating suspense Uncertainty, anticipation, temporal aspects
• Predation Fear of what kills you
• Contagion Psychological immune system - prone to prejudice
• Violations of person category Fear of almost human monsters
• Excitation transfer theory Residual physiological arousal misattributed to subsequent stimuli
• Snuggle theory Male students enjoy horror more if female partner show distress
• Drama Fiction with serious undertones, characters try to work through emotional problems
• Tragedy Form of drama based on human suffering and sorrowful events that befall protagonist
• Social comparison Seeing misery of others lead us to think about how good our own lives are - enhancing self worth
• Sad music Sad lyrics can trigger memories that listener associate with sadness such as themes of regret and loss
• Sad music attributes Lower pitch range, slower tempo etc

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