During this presentation you will be presented with a series

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During this presentation you will be presented
with a series of different cartoons that are watc
hed by young children. Each person will present
one cartoon, explain the hidden messages and the
effects that the messages have on young children.
During this presentation we hope to make all
of you more aware of the images and messages in
cartoons and how they can damage the minds of
children.
The Cartoons Presented
Kevin Wa. - Introduction Smurfs
Sonja - Popeye
Charlie - South Park
Ashley - Disney Conclusion
Jill - Bugs Bunny
Kurt - ScoobyDoo
Kevin Wo. - Parental Concern
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For years Disney movies have been entertaining
adults and children but, messages of male dominan
ce, violence and sex are ofton protrayed
in these movies.
Movies to be discussed The Little Mermaid-Male
Dominance Sex The Lion King-Male Dominance
Sex
Toy Story-Male Dominance
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The Little Mermaid
Ariel must leave her family to be with Eric
Her father controls the entire sea, except for
the sea witch, and evil female
The priest is pictured with an erection
A penis is depicted in the movie poster
and in the movie.
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Introduction
The Lion King

When the King dies the all the land is destroyed
and
the lions go hungry.

• Cartoons create false beliefs in children and
  portray subliminal messages about society.
  
• Cartoons are becoming more than just innocent
  childrens cartoons.
  
• Cartoons allow us to be us.
• From an early age, children are defining their
  own sexuality and may be influenced by what they
  see on TV.
  
• Making the distinction between fantasy and
  reality in cartoons is not easy for children.
  
• Cartoons have evolved into many new things, but
  they still mainly have an effect on children.
  

When Simba comes back the pride is saved and the

land again flourishes.
The word Sex is displayed in the stars
when Simba lies down.
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Identity issues

• Bert and Ernie
• Batman and Robin
• Bugs Bunny

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Bert and Ernieroommates or just really close
friends?

• Two grown men, sharing house, bedroom, clothes.
• Soap incident
• 1994, Rev. Joseph Chambers.
• Rumors denied
• 1980, Kurt Anderson states that among
  homosexuals, Bert and Ernie are the real thing.

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Batman and Robin

• Perfect bachelor pad, where are the females?
• Bisexual, possible underage Robin, looking for a
  friend.
  
• Goes out on the town disguised.
• Writers subliminal messages of hiding your sexual
  identities under costumes.

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Bugs Bunny

• Deeper meaning of always wearing womans
  clothes.
  
• Kissing other males on the lips trying to lure
  his aggressors.
  
• Comedians use comedy to bring out their pain or
  deep emotions and let out through their mocking
  actions.
  
• Always running from someone.
• Used female disguises to become the aggressor.

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Scooby Doo

• A Drug Influenced Cartoon
• Velma,Fred, Daphne, Scooby, and Shaggy

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Reasons Why This Cartoon Is Drug Influenced

• Scooby Doobie Doo
• Giddy and laughing
• They where always hungry
• Scooby snacks

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Reasons Why This Cartoon Is Drug Influenced (cont)

• The ghosts
• Their Van
• Shaggy talked to Scooby

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Mystery Machine

• Scooby and Shaggy were always in the back
• Smoke would come from the widows
• Psychedelic Paint Job

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The Truth About Scooby Doo

• Drive around country selling drugs
• They hallucinate all the ghosts

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During this presentation you will be presented
with a series of different cartoons that are watc
hed by young children. Each person will present
one cartoon, explain the hidden messages and the
effects that the messages have on young children.
During this presentation we hope to make all
of you more aware of the images and messages in
cartoons and how they can damage the minds of
children.
The Cartoons Presented
Kevin Wa. - Introduction Smurfs
Sonja - Popeye
Charlie - South Park
Ashley - Disney Conclusion
Jill - Bugs Bunny
Kurt - ScoobyDoo
Kevin Wo. - Parental Concern
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For years Disney movies have been entertaining
adults and children but, messages of male dominan
ce, violence and sex are ofton protrayed
in these movies.
Movies to be discussed The Little Mermaid-Male
Dominance Sex The Lion King-Male Dominance
Sex
Toy Story-Male Dominance
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The Little Mermaid
Ariel must leave her family to be with Eric
Her father controls the entire sea, except for
the sea witch, and evil female
The priest is pictured with an erection
A penis is depicted in the movie poster
and in the movie.
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The Lion King

When the King dies the all the land is destroyed
and
the lions go hungry.
When Simba comes back the pride is saved and the

land again flourishes.
The word Sex is displayed in the stars
when Simba lies down.
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Toy Story
Buzz and Woody are the only ones who are able to
save people in trouble.
Boo Peep the only female character,
must be saved by Woody when she is in
trouble.
When Buzz becomes depressed when he
finds out he is not a toy he begins to dress
like a girl and play girl games.
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Adults take sanction in these wholesome family
movies because they do not have to be concerned
with sex, violence, drugs, and sexist characters.
The reality is, however, that Disney movies can
do just as much damage as other movies, only an
atypical kind.
The effects of Disney movies are subtle, but they
still give some incredibly influential messages
that no parent would want their child to witness.
Disney movies display themes if sexism and sex.
Though the messages are subtly displayed or said
the lasting effect will place females in a second
class role and raise questions of sex in young
children.
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Dysfunction
Latent
Violence Drugs Sex Communism Homosexuality Ma
le Dominance
Female Inferiority
Subliminal Messages Unknown views of bad material

Blind Entertainment
Manifest
Entertainment Educational Family Issues Solve P
roblems
Positive Endings
Social Conflict
Cartoons
Men and Women are Unequal Bad Guys Good Guys
Based on Social Conflict Discrimination Ill T
reatment of Minorities
Dramaturgical
Social Exchange
Children Imitate Roles Create Fight Scenes Drug
-Enhanced State
Tradition Male/Female Roles
Gain Education Learn Tradition Male/Female Roles
Positive Negative Social Exchange
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Smurfs and Communism The subtle messages in the S
murfs relate to communism. 1. Papa Smurf looked
like Karl Marx.
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All the smurfs looked the same except for a few.

Brainy smurf looked like Trotsky
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Gargamel their enemy represented the evil in
capitialism.

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Sources of Violence

• Class
• Family structure
• Poverty
• Race
• Education
• Racism

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Examples-why MM shouldnt be blamed for violence

• Young single parents
• Absent fathers
• Poor day care
• Bad schools
• Little economic opportunity

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If children are taught

• How much TV is too much
• How to protect themselves against violent images
• How to do research on the internet
• How to stay safe on the internet
• How to blend traditional things
• a. books
• b. magazines
• with new culture
• a. cable
• b. internet
• We wont have to worry as much about what
  cartoons they watch.

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The Negative Effects of Childrens Cartoons

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Popeye The Sailor Man

• His spinach that he ate? Whats up with that?
• Male dominance
• Fighting over Olive Oyl

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Olive Oyl

• Not being independent
• Self-defense
• Needing her man

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Very controversial topics Raises many issues amon
g adults and congressmen Always pushing the Free
dom of Speech envelope The Creators Matt Stone a
nd Trey Parker
THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL AND IS
RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS ONLY
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Oh my God!! They killed Kenny
May 1998 In Ocean City, Maryland, 12-year-old
Darron Lawrence Green committed suicide and left
a note citing South Park as a reason why he
killed himself. He mentioned a character named
Kenny, a small boy who dies violently in every
South Park episode. The boy did not show any
signs of depression before the act.7

In the same year, 11-year-old Bryce Kilduff hung
himself. Police suspected that it was an accident
and that he was trying to imitate the character
Kenny on South Park. His mother reported that the
day before his death, her son was imitating the
character and his friends said, "Well, if you're
Kenny, then you have to die." He responded by
saying, "That's OK, I'll be back next week."
Bryce also drew pictures of the characters and
based their portrayal on his classmates' stories,
since his mother forbade him to watch the show.
After his death, police found a picture drawn by
Bryce depicting a character hanging himself.
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• The average American preschooler who watches
  mostly cartoons is exposed to over 500 high-risk
  portrayals of violence each year.
  
• In a University of Illinois study, people who had
  watched the most violent TV between birth and age
  eight committed the most serious crimes by age
  30.
• The study found that violent incidents that
  qualify as high risk for children under 7 are
  found most often in cartoons.
  
• American children spend an average of four hours
  a day watching television that is 28 hours a
  week, 2,400 hours a year and nearly 18,000 hours
  by the time they graduate from high school. In
  comparison, they spend only 13,000 hours in
  school, from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
  

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