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<p align="CENTER"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><b>Julianna Forlano</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Is humour appropriate when political issues are serious and critical? In this talk, Julianna Forlano, host of of the award-winning news parody series </span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Absurdity
Today</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, will cover the psychological, and psycho-social reasons why humour works effectively and study what happens when it does not. She will also discuss how media practitioners can harness humour effectively
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> Wednesday 20th August, 2014</span></font></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Location: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana">S226<b> </b>Seminar Room, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, <a href="http://db.auth.usyd.edu.au/directories/map/building.stm?ref=d08h15" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,239); text-decoration:none">John
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<div><font face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Julianna Forlano</span> is a humorist, activist, writer and academic. She </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is
the host of <em>The Julianna Forlano Show </em>on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and <em>The Progressive Voices Radio Network</em>. She is also the host and creator of the award-winning syndicated political news parody <em>Absurdity Today</em> which can be
found on DirectTV and <em>Dish Network’s FSTV</em>, <em>The Young Turks Online Network</em> and other outlets. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ms Forlano also produces <em>The Laughing Liberally Lab</em>, a live political
humor showcase in New York City, and has appeared at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Barack Obama’s Official Inaugural Ball, the Friar’s Club NY, on <em>The Daily Show</em>and <em>Friends Show</em>, at the Democratic
National Convention, several Netroots Nation Conferences, and other venues in the United States. She is a popular guest commentator and appears regularly on TV and radio programs including <em>Huffpost Live,</em> <em>The Randi Rhodes Show, Progressive Voices
Radio, </em>Current TV's <em>Viewpoint with John Fugelsang,</em> <em>The Jimmy Dore Show,</em> TYT Network’s
<em>The Point, RT </em>and more. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She is</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> contributing writer for CrooksandLiars.com, <em>The Huffington Post</em>,
MichealMoore.com and other outlets. Her writing can also be found in the <em>Chicago Sun Times</em>, in the book <em>Letters to President Obama</em> and in a forthcoming book on humor and elections. Ms Forlano teaches Media Ethics, Broadcast Journalism, Writing
for Broadcast and New Media and Comedic Scriptwriting in the Department of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College. </span></font></div>
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