In this assignment, you will identify three different facts from the main story of an episode of your choosing from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and consider how the placement of the facts in relation to jokes may help or hinder encoding that factual content.
Using the definitions and format detailed below, identify the following facts and answer the questions about each. Each fact identification (including proper formatting) and discussion is worth 5 points.
1) Find a fact that does not come within 5 seconds of a joke either before or after the fact. How might this fact be processed similarly to a fact presented in real news?
2) Find a fact that follows a joke (within 3 seconds). Is the fact related to the joke or not? How did you make that determination? How might following the joke impact encoding (recognition) of that fact?
3) Find a fact that comes before a joke (within 3 seconds). Is the fact related to the joke or not? How did you make that determination? How might being presented before the joke impact encoding (recognition) of that fact?
