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DRAWING THE LINE:
THE ETHICS OF PROPAGANDA IN CHILDREN’S ANIMATION
A study of the use of animated films to influence children, invesIgaIng its origins and
jusIficaIons.
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL
OUTLINE
Introduc)on Main body:
Chapter 1 History, social and poliIcal context of animated propaganda for children (propagaIng stereotypes: Fantasia, Pocahontas) (inspiring/educaIng the populaIon -‐ (inciIng hatred – Der Feuhrer’s Face) Social manipulaIon, consumerism and markeIng (any Disney!) Chapter 2 Case studies of poliIcal propaganda in Western children’s animaIon (Cars 2, G Force, Happy Feet) Chapter 3 jusIficaIons/ethics of influencing children through animaIon
Conclusion
Elements of propaganda films can be incorporated into films that have messages that seek to implement posiIve change within society. However, what one generaIon may see as posiIve, later generaIons may experience negaIve effects from. Maire Messenger-‐Davies Children, Media and Culture (2010:32) What is Propaganda? Propaganda …. a process for the sowing, germinaIon and culIvaIon of ideas and, as such, is -‐ or at least should be -‐ neutral as a concept. The problem is that human beings frequently inject morality into processes. Phillip Taylor Muni@ons of the Mind: A History of Propaganda (2003)
KEY IDEAS
Why do children par)cularly like anima)on? It is a genre whose basic technique makes a profound difference to the way the events portrayed are interpreted: they are “only drawings”. AnimaIon is not bound by the rules of realism applying to live human characters, and from this many other kinds of judgements follow. Maire Messenger-‐Davies Dear BBC : Children, Television Storytelling, and the Public Sphere (2001:225) It is generally agreed that their [children’s] experience of film watching is more intense than that of adults owing to the visual impact of the medium and their emoIonal involvement with the stories. Sarah Smith Children, Cinema and Censorship : From Dracula to Dead End (2005:13).
KEY IDEAS
KEY IDEAS
2000 -‐ poliIcal agendas are once again favoured in children’s animaIon – leh wing and liberal for the West, and Islam Fundamentalist for the East.
1930s-‐40s -‐ AnimaIon became popular, especially for winning over youthful audiences, with Walt Disney and Looney Tunes acIvely aiding the U.S. war effort through their cartoons which provided training and instrucIons for viewers as well as a poliIcal commentary on the Imes.
1950s-‐70s – America produced a vast amount of cold war propaganda, and parIcularly targeted children with animaIons that depicted Asians, American Indians and Soviets in an extremely derogatory way, for example the anI-‐oriental caricatures Si and Am in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp (1955)
1980s/90s – the rise of Consumerism – product merchandising ohen makes more money than the animaIon itself – animaIons are ohen designed to sell toys.
“If it is propaganda, then which type is worse ... propaganda that will scare us into believing that invading a naIon that has nothing to do with the war on terrorism has something to do with the war on terrorism, gejng our soldiers killed by the thousands, and Iraqi civilians killed by the tens of thousands ... or propaganda that urges we treat our environment beker so that we may live beker, healthier and longer?” (Climate Change Dispatch 2011)
JUSTIFICATIONS
Popeye (1932) PromoIng nutriIonal food?
¡ USING MEDIA TO INFLUENCE CHILDREN
¡ Bell, Elizabeth (1995) From Mouse to Mermaid: The Poli@cs of Film, Gender, and Culture. [online]. Indiana University Press. Available from:<hkp://lib.myilibrary.com?ID=207886> 20 FEB 2013
¡ Messenger-‐Davies, Maire 92001) Dear BBC : Children, Television Storytelling, and the Public Sphere NY: Cambridge University Press
¡ Messenger Davies, Maire, (2010) Children, Media and Culture Maidenhead: Open University Press
¡ Smith, Sarah (2005) Children, Cinema and Censorship : From Dracula to Dead End London: I.B. Tauris
¡ Reeves, Nicholas (2004) Power of Film Propaganda : Myth or Reality? London: ConInuum InternaIonal Publishing
¡ ANIMATION & PROPAGANDA
¡ Taylor, Philip M (2003) Muni@ons of the Mind : A History of Propaganda UK: Manchester University Press
¡ Wojcik-‐Andrews, Ian (2000) Children's films: history, ideology, pedagogy, theory Psychology Press
EARLY BIBLIOGRAPHY