Demonizing in children's television cartoons and disney animated films

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-23

  Fouts, Gregory ^a   Callan, Mitchell ^a   Piasentin, Kelly ^a   Lawson, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demonizing; Disney animated films; TV cartoons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONTENT ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MONSTER; MULTIMEDIA; PREVALENCE; TELEVISION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CARTOONS; CHILD; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748365650     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0016-7     Document Type: Article

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