Do Animated Disney Characters Portray And Promote The...

â€Å"Do Animated Disney Characters Portray and Promote the Beauty Goodness Stereotype† (Bazzini et al,. 2010). Introduction The following essay will critically discuss the proposed journal article â€Å"Do Animated Disney Characters Portray and Promote the Beauty Goodness Stereotype† (Bazzini et al., 2010). This research study aimed to look if Disney films can influence young children’s judgement of their peers. An abstract should contain a summary of the journal article (Bryman, 2004). The introduction of this journal article does state that there were two studies conducted. The introduction should also clearly reference previous research that relates to their chosen area (Bryman, 2004). This article does use and explain previous research†¦show more content†¦The materials used for the first study were twenty-one box office Disney films. They rated the characters on attractiveness, aggressiveness, goodness, intelligence, outcome and romantic involvement. They explicitly stated that for the first study they followed the American Psychology Association ethical standards meaning that any issues relating to ethics were dealt with. The second study was conducted with forty two children aged between six and twelve years of age (Bazzini et al,. 2010). Heffernan (2015) states that to study those under the age of sixteen informed consent must be gained from the guardian of the children. For this study they do state that the parents had to accompany the children to the study, which was conducted over a two-hour period and once they arrived informed them of the purpose of the study and asked them to sign a consent form. To gain this sample of children they used volunteer sampling by advertising in an American college newspaper and a local television station. They also used an incentive of twenty dollars for participants volunteering to take part in the study (Bazzini et al,. 2010). Volunteer sampling is an effective way to gain participants quickly, but they may not be representative of the population making this study hard to generalise to a wider audience (Eysenck, 2 005). The children were split into two groups and requiredShow MoreRelatedThe Media And Diversity, Semiotics And Textual Analysis2185 Words   |  9 PagesIn this essay, it will present an analysis of the media and diversity, semiotics and textual analysis. The text I will be looking at is a short excerpt trailer from the Disney movie, â€Å"Tangled† (Rapunzel) which was released on 24th November 2010 in United States of America. The analysis will then relate to the issues on gender stereotypes and differences reinforced by Disney. I have chosen this topic because Disney has been very relatable to my childhood and Rapunzel is my favorite Disney princessRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagessometimes asked this question by students, especially those who have relatively little work experience. Reason #1: It focuses attention on what effective managers actually â€Å"do. † In an influential article, Henry Mintzberg (1975) argued that management education had almost nothing to say about what managers actually do from day to day. He further faulted management textbooks for introducing students to the leading theories about management while ignoring what is known about effective management