The Effect of Disney Movie in Creating Children Stereotype as Reflected in the Little Mermaid (1989) Movie

One of the ways for children learning things is by literary work. Parents usually improve the children knowledge about life by literary work. Most parents choose the entertaining one such as cartoon movie. One of the most children's favorite cartoon mo vie is The Little Mermaid (1989) by Walt D...

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Published in:The education review, USA USA, 2018-03, Vol.2 (3), p.233-237
Main Authors: Hasanah, Uswatun, Octaviyanti, Cindy Kurnia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animated films
Behavior Development
Cartoons
Children & youth
Cognitive Development
Females
Learning Processes
Moral education
Negative Attitudes
Parents
Personality
Physical Development
Stereotypes
Teaching Methods
Visualization
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Summary:One of the ways for children learning things is by literary work. Parents usually improve the children knowledge about life by literary work. Most parents choose the entertaining one such as cartoon movie. One of the most children's favorite cartoon mo vie is The Little Mermaid (1989) by Walt Disney. It tells the life of a mermaid who wants to be normal human. Unfortunately, the thing that people should realize is that not all Disney movies bring more good than harm. This paper is going to analyze two effects deal with children stereotype. First about beauty stereotype and second the ideas of life stereotype. The aim of this research is that showing the stereotype effects' appear in The Little Mermaid. In conclusion not all things describe in The Little Mermaid are suitable for children's real life. The Little Mermaid has become the representative of most Disney movie by the story. It is harm for children because it influences the process of children's character building.
ISSN:2575-7938
2575-7946
DOI:10.26855/er.2018.03.005