CartoonCaricature A funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine OR A set of drawings that tell a funny story, especially in a newspaper or magazine A caricature uses exaggeration of some characteristics as it is a funny drawing for a person or a thing to produce a comic.
Cartoons as a Teaching Tool learning more enjoyable. Transfer society’s culture Develop children knowledge 10-years old girl opinion: children who watch cartoon tend to have better senses of humor, vocabulary, and overall social skills.
10-yeasrs old girl opinion: you don't have homework time, which results in bad grades, and of course stress 1(Waste time). And it's like smoking 2(Cartoon addiction). (3)Violence is funny: Three major effects of Violence are : -less sensitive to the pain -do not fear violence -become aggressive or use harmful actions towards others. (4)False sense of reality
FrenchEnglish DoublageDubbing Most of dubbed cartoon films have negative impact on children, because they do not reflect reality and Arab values , as these films reflect the culture & the values of the country produced it. (A study by the Arab Council for Childhood and Development)
Studies results: cartoons with comedic elements were more violent than cartoons without comedic elements. (Haynes 1978)
Another study : At least one violent act was present in each of the 74 animated films analyzed in the study. (Yokota and Thompson 2000, Cartoon violence and aggression in youth)
Final study : The most indirectly aggressive Disney films were 1-Aladdin (20 acts per hour), 2- Cinderella (19.17 acts per hour), and 3-Pinocchio (18.35 acts per hour). (Sarah M. Coyne & Emily Whitehead 2008, “Indirect Aggression in Animated Disney Films” )
-International cartoon character. - Is a Mouse with fictional animated character. -The series were 2D American cartoon short films. -The series were centering on a never-ending conflicts between the mouse and another character and battles often involved comic violence. -The plots of each short episode usually center on the other character's numerous attempts to capture the mouse, and the mess and destruction then happened.
-Egyptian cartoon character -The boy with a kind and adventurous spirit. -He has pet with him in the series. -The character ends up in all kinds of predicaments(Dilemma), yet good always triumphs over evil in the story line. -The series were broadcast on Arabic TV stations during Ramadan. -The opening and closing songs are by famed Egyptian singer Mohammed Mounir.
References BAKKAR: USING CARTOONS TO REACH EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGES, Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2:133–146, 2003, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Inc. Cartoon violence and aggression in youth, Steven J. Kirsh, Department of Psychology, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, United States, Available online 28 November 2005, sciencedirect. Indirect Aggression in Animated Disney Films, Sarah M. Coyne & Emily Whitehead, Article first published online: 9 JUL 2008, International Communication Association The media and the literacies: media literacy, information literacy, digital literacy, by: Tibor Koltay, Szent István University, Jászberény, Hungary, 2011, sage. Longman dictionary. atching_cartoons atching_cartoons