The imaginary world of cartoons has evolved rapidly, in the history of cinematography. It has brought a lot of humor in our every day life, especially with our little ones who are growing in this new era. Kids are entertained and greatly influenced by animated film.
During the early stages, a child’s first attraction is sound, then image. Words don’t usually have meaning to them during that stage. Over the course of time, they become influenced by cartoon animation. Children are often curious and attracted to cartoon characters than academic learning, I believe this influences the child’s perception of the world. They also memorize and imitate the behavior of cartoon characters due to their cognitive abilities.
Cartoons continue to have positive impact on children, they aide in enriching their vocabulary and language development. For example, Dora The Explorer, is an interactive cartoon which invites children to repeat after her, and sing along with her. The character speaks different languages, which makes the cartoon an educational experience. A personal example of my own, is that my daughter learned to speak English from watching Dora the Explorer.
Additionally, children often imitate characters they like or their heroes. Cartoon has affected the thinking , intellectual and communicative abilities of children in a fun and interactive way. The movement and pictures make the learning experience more interesting. I think is really interesting subject ,I will write on the effect of daily watching cartoon have on kids.
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Hi Jenny,
I think it’s great that you’ve focused on a specific medium—cartoons—and audience—kids. But before I think further with you, I invite you to go back to the research assignment sheet, which asks you to choose between two prompts, the second of which is:
2. Develop an argument about a contemporary TV show, film, or web series by researching and
analyzing a variety of critical and theoretical lenses.
Two things: I realize that I didn’t specify on the sheet, but, if you’re choosing the second, it should be related to the environment in some way—in keeping with your class theme on the Anthropocene. Perhaps, most importantly, the prompt asks to develop an argument around a specific TV show, film, or web series. Right now, your thoughts are very broad. So which film or TV show would you want to focus on? Rather than think about cartoons in general, I want you to think about a specific cartoon—preferably one that addresses our theme of the Anthropocene.
A few come to mind:
* WALL-E
* Fern Gully
* Captain Planet
* The Magic School Bus
And I’m sure there are many more.
And last, what question are you interested in asking ABOUT this cartoon? Ideally, we want to be more specific than simply asking what the effects are. (And how would those effects be measured, I wonder?) It might be more helpful to re-frame the question not as effects but as what the program communicates beyond the obvious (this is similar to the work you were doing in the 2nd essay assignment).
I hope that’s helpful! And my apologies for not specifying that it should be themed around nature, the environment, the Anthropocene, climate, etc.