Read "DEATH IN DISNEY FILMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF DEATH"
Answer the following questions and publish them to the blog.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, causality.
ReplyDelete2. 10 years of age.
3. Experience and developmental level.
4. Understanding what death is
Understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization
Reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his/her relationships with others and with the environment
5. Rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Death is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to sadness.
7. 23 death scenes were recorded and about an equal number of the scenes were protagonists deaths and antagonists deaths. The majority of deaths were irreversible for antagonists and reversible for protagonists. The most prevalent type of emotion was negative and the most prevent cause was purposeful.
8. Some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death, but they give something for children to relate to when they are experiencing a loss.
Kara Gallagher
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1. The portrayal of death is focused on 5 different categories: character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At 10 years old children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. Two factors that children’s understanding of death depends on are experiences and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and the environment.
5. Parents protect their child by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The Lion King’s death is viewed in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to the sadness.
7. The depiction of deaths was evenly distributed between explicit deaths and implicit deaths. Most of the deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible. The most common emotional reaction was a negative reaction towards the death. Most deaths in these movies were purposeful.
8. These deaths can be bad for the child because the explicit deaths can traumatize the child and the sleep deaths can make the child scared to fall asleep. These deaths can be good for children because it shows that the good and bad people can die and that everyone does not live forever.
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
ReplyDelete2. 10 years old
3. Experience and developmental level
4. The first stage is “understanding what death is” the second stage is “understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization” and the final stage is “reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment”
5. Instead of explaining how and why people die they focus on downplaying the seriousness and emotionality of it.
6. In the Lion King the death is acknowledged and Simba is shown displaying grief and a gamut of emotions and eventually there is a resolution to the sadness.
7. Overall, the results basically support that the bad guy dies, and dies for good, while the good guy dies slightly less frequently but can come back to life. Of all of the reappearances of characters after death, the protagonists were the only ones to come back. Another interesting finding was that for as often as negative emotion was shown, almost equally was neutral or lacking emotion shown. That is obviously not good for developing an understanding of death because it supports the idea that only the bad guy dies, and if the good guy does die then he can just come back to life. It also doesn’t properly show the sadness and grief that comes with death. All this is coupled with the fact that the majority of deaths were intentional which is an argument as to why these movies may be more harmful to a child’s development than helpful. Showing people purposefully and unjustifiably killed, only to have the good ones come back creates a very skewed idea of how the world works and how death truly is.
8. The films are good in that parents can use them as a means of bringing up the topic of death with their children, and they can also be used as something for the child to connect with when they are experiencing their own loss. That being said, they are harmful in that they are confusing to children and they have moral implications. They also tend to support the idea that the bad guys deserve to die.
1. The portrayal of death focuses on the five categories of character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. The age of 10 when children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. A child’s understanding of death depends on two factors: experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, the three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their child from death by rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because the grief portrayal offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness. For this reason, this particular film has the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. The majority of deaths were depicted were explicit, occurred to the protagonists, and sleep deaths were not as common as real deaths. A large majority of the deaths were permanent, final and irreversible. Negative emotion was the result of most of these deaths. Positive emotion only occurred if the antagonist died. Purposeful deaths were the most frequent and most of those were unjustified.
The accidental deaths were all mostly justified which occurred to the antagonists.
8. The results of the Disney study can be good and bad because some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children, yet watching films in which characters die may help children understand real death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening.
Michael Rohana
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April 17, 2012
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause?
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Answers
1. The portrayal of death focused on 5 categories; character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. Many children younger than five years old do not understand that death is final, and inevitable. By age 10 children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. A children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization; and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. They do not want to expose their children simply because is a serious, and scary thing.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a good way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. A majority of the deaths were depicted as either explicit or implicit deaths. Most of the deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible. The most common type of emotion seen by characters is negative emotions. The deaths that happen most frequently are purposeful deaths.
8. Death in Disney films can be a good thing for children, helping them to understand the concept of death. I think this is true depending on the age because if a child is to young to understand it could simply scare them and that is not what is intended to happen. Another bad thing that can scare children would be sleep deaths. In Sleeping Beauty she falls asleep and does not wake up, which could lead to a child being scared of not waking up.
1. The portrayal of death focused on 5 categories: character status; depiction of death; death status; emotional reaction; and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At age 10 children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. Children’s comprehension and understanding of death depend on experience and developmental level.
4. The 3 phases of understanding the death process are: understanding what death is; understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization; and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their child from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The depiction of death was evenly distributed between explicit and implicit deaths. Most of the deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was a negative emotion. The deaths that occurred most frequently were purposeful deaths.
8. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children, yet they serve as effective learning too. The explicit deaths can traumatize the child and the sleep deaths can make the child scared to fall asleep. Also, it may send confusing messages about death to young children. These deaths can be good because it shows that both good and bad people die and eventually will happen to everyone.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteThe five categories are character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
At 10 years old children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
Children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
The three phases are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Parents try to “protect” their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death instead of telling them why and how people die.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It’s positive because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
The majority of deaths were depicted as explicit which occurred among the protagonists. Sleep deaths were not as common as real deaths. Most of the deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was negative emotion. The most frequent cause of death was purposeful and unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children. They can serve as effective learning tools for children. However, some portrayals of death send ambiguous messages and may be confusing to many young children.
Chris Donnelly
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1. The five categories that focus on the portrayal of death are character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. Children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable at ages five to nine.
3. Children’s understanding of death depends on two factors, which are experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding death are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents protect their kids from the topic of death in many ways, one being they will focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. They may use phrases such as “passed away” or “taking a long trip” which does not convey a realistic portrayal of death.
6. The death scene in the “Lion King” is an acknowledgement of death. It conveys the right emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The majority of deaths in this study were depicted as explicit deaths, with some implicit and sleep deaths. Most of the death statuses was permanent with a negative reaction to it because it was the protagonist being killed.
8. Disney films can be both good and bad for children but overall can be used as learning tools to help them understand death. It is bad for children because some deaths are unjustified and have no reason for being killed, which may confuse children. But it is also good because it allows children to see how death is portrayed and how to give proper and fitting reactions to those deaths, which can translate into real life, with children trying to deal with death.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDelete2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
1.The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
Between the ages 5-9.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
The two factors are experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
First, understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics and being able to know what has happened. Second, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. Third, involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Rather than telling children why and how people die, they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It is acknowledged in a positive way because it the death is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. This movie offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths
depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
More deaths in the movies were of the protagonists. Of these deaths, most of them were explicit, showing the death actually happening. The majority of the deaths were permanent and the character could no longer come back to life. The majority of the emotional reactions were negative, including crying, fear, anger, and frustration. Positive emotions only were for the deaths of the antagonists. Most often, the deaths were purposeful and unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Disney films can be good because they can teach real aspects of death. The majority of deaths in the films were permanent, helping enforce the permanence of death, which children cannot grasp. Because the amount of deaths between the protagonists and antagonists were almost equal, this showed that death is capable of happening to anyone. The majority of the deaths were explicit deaths, which proved positive because the scenes demonstrated real, explicit deaths of the characters to whom the viewer has developed an attachment. Almost all of the emotions towards the deaths were negative. When the children see that the characters grieve over the loss of their loved ones, they can learn that is the correct way to behave. In the movies, it was found that all of the justified deaths were to those of the antagonists. This showed the kids that the good characters never deserved to die. The deaths were also often accidents because the protagonist was viewed as “too good” to kill the other character. Of the deaths in the movies, a few were reversible. This can be both good and bad. Children can always known that their loved one can be apart of them, but they may confuse that idea with the notion that the deceased may actually return.
1.The five categories are character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2.At 10 years of age children understand death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3.Their understanding of death depends on the experience and their developmental level.
4.The three phases are understanding what death is,understand that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5.Instead of telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death by using abstract language or avoiding the topic.
6.Its positive because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7.Sleep deaths were not very common in the films, while implicit and explicit deaths were about equal. Implicit deaths usually happened to antagonists. A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. All reversible deaths however were among protagonists. Around half of the death scenes were followed by negative emotions including fear, crying, and expressing anger or frustration over a loss. Most of this negative emotion was after the death of a protagonist. Positive emotions resulted solely from the deaths of antagonists. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently however over half were unjustified. Out of the accidental deaths, most were justified. All purposeful, justified deaths occurred to antagonists, and all purposeful unjustified deaths occurred to protagonists. All the accidental, justified deaths occurred to antagonists and all the accidental, unjustified deaths were protagonists.
8.These films can serve as effective learning tools on how to understand and deal with death but can send an ambiguous, confusing message.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
Between the ages of 5-9.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
Experience and developmental level
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
The first phase deals with understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. It is important for the child to know that even though someone has died they, and their family, are not in immediate danger. The second phase is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last phase is reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Instead of explaining why and how someone died they try to focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
The death is acknowledged and the character grieves and displays typical grieving emotions, like anger, self-blame, and sadness. It offers a realistic view of grief and a resolution to sadness, which teaches the child how to grieve properly.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
Out of the 23 characters that died in the movies most were protagonists. The deaths were mostly explicitly displayed. Most of the deaths were permanent and irreversible. The emotional reaction majority of the time was negative, which includes the typical grieving responses like crying, fear, and anger over the loss. Purposeful deaths occurred the most and majority of those deaths were declared unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
It is good for children because it shows that everyone can die, even good characters that we like, teaching them death is inevitable. Mainly the deaths were shown explicitly, which is good because it shows that death is real. But this can be traumatic for the child because they actually must witness the death of a character they developed an attachment with. Protagonists mainly died explicitly while the antagonists died mainly implicitly which can send a negative message that bad people should die that it is implied. Most of the deaths were permanent which is good because it teaches kids that death is permanent and irreversible. The good part of the death of Mufasa in Lion King, was that it shows kids that even though someone has died they can always be with them and a part of them. But this can confuse them, making them think dead people can actually return. The negative emotions that are in the movies help children learn how to grieve correctly. The films can give a child something to relate to when they actually experience death in their lives.
Lance Frati
ReplyDelete1. The five categories: character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. Children ages five to nine that understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable, but something that only applies to adults.
3. Experience and developmental level are the two factors that influence on a child's comprehension of death.
4. Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child's sense of identity and his or her relationships with other and with the environment are the three phase according to Baker.
5. Parents will use euphemisms in an attempt to downplay the impact of death in order to protect child. The uses of phrases like “sleeping for a long time” and “taken a long trip” are common.
6. The Lion King death scene is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief for kids as well as a resolution for sadness.
7. The study examined the portrayal of death and grieving in Disney films geared toward, children and focused on five factors. Out of the 23 characters that died, about half were protagonists and the other half was an antagonist. The main portion of the death statuses was permanent. Most of the deaths were either explicit or implicit deaths.
8. The death in Disney films can be viewed as positive because the scenes demonstrate real, explicit deaths of characters whom the viewer has developed an attachment. It can also be negative and traumatic to some children because they actually witness the death.
Vickie Gagnon
ReplyDelete1. The portrayal of death focused on character status; depiction of death; death status; emotional reaction; and causality.
2. At about age 10 children usually achieve an understanding that death is irreversible, permanent, and inevitable.
3. A child’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding death, according to Baker is, understanding what death is, knowing it’s characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The second phase is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The third phase is, a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their children from the subject of death by focusing on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. Parents also use abstract language such as “sleeping for a long time”, which also downplays the impact of death.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause?
The majority of the deaths depicted were explicit, meaning the death is seen in the movie; also that more than half of explicit deaths were among the protagonists. The death status’ of most of the deaths were portrayed as permanent. And out of those permanent deaths more than half of them were antagonists who died. The emotional reaction was negative for about half of the death scenes, which were caused by the deaths of protagonists, which were in almost all of the death scenes.
8. Death in Disney films can be bad because the messages sent to the children may confuse children at a certain age. Death in Disney films can also be good because they can be used to teach moral lessons to children and spark discussions with parents and children about a family’s belief’s and morality. Also the children can relate to these movies during a loss of some kind and help them deal with the loss. Parents can also use Disney films as a good way to introduce the subject of death by making it more comfortable for the child and parent.
The portrayal of death focused on these 5 categories: Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDeleteAt 10 years old children understand death.
Childrens understanding of death depends on experience and development level.
The first stage is understanding what death is. The second stage is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions. The third is reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and their relationship with others.
Parents protect children from death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness and reality of death.
In the lion king the death is acknowledged and Simba grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions. It also shows a resolution to sadness.
The results show that when the bad guy dies, they die for good whereas when the good guy dies they come back. When ever a character did come back to life they were a protagonist. The emotional reaction shown when the protagonist died was anger, frustration and crying and when the antagonist died it was happiness, relief and celebration. Most deaths were purposeful but if the character was a protagonist it was unjustified and if it was a antagonist then the death was justified.
Disney films can be a good thing and a bad thing. They can be a good thing in the way that it can be an effective learning tool for children and it may spring conversations between children and their parents. They can be a bad thing because they can be to confusing for young children who do not have the cognitive ability to understand death.
1) The five categories are character status, death status, depiction of death, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2) Children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable by age 10.
3) Experience and development are two factors that children’s comprehension of death depends on.
4) The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5) Parents usually don’t say that someone has died but has passed away, which does not show a realistic portrayal of death for the child. Children may think that the loved one is going to “wake up.”
6) Lion King portrays a realistic view of grief and sadness.
7) Ten deaths were implicit death while eleven deaths were explicit death. Two of the deaths were sleep deaths. Seventeen of the deaths were permanent. Six deaths were reversible and the characters returned in the same form. Two of the deaths were reversible but appeared in an altered form. Ten of the deaths were antagonists while seven were the protagonists. Most common type of emotion shown by characters is negative emotion. Negative emotion includes crying, anger, and fear over the loss.
8) Disney films usually contain moral implications. The films may help when a child loses a loved one and help them relate to the experience. The movies may help parents talk about the reality of death with their child. The films can sometimes show an unrealistic message about death.
1.Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, causality.
ReplyDelete2.At about age ten
3.Experience and developmental level
4.The first stage is understanding what death is, the second stage involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. Lastly, the third stage is a reorganization of the child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5.They do so in a way that may confuse the child. Parents often downplay the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death, rather than explaining to their children why and how people die.
6.It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7.Most of the deaths were depicted as explicit, and the majority of those explicit deaths occurred among protagonists. Of the antagonist deaths, the majority were implicit scenes. As for sleep deaths, they occurred much less often, and only among protagonists. The death status for the majority of deaths was portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Of those, it seems that permanent deaths occurred more with antagonists than protagonists. There were six reversible deaths, and two of those came back in altered forms. All of the reversible deaths were protagonists. The most prevalent emotion was negative emotion in protagonists’ deaths. Negative responses included typical grief related actions like crying, fear, anger, and frustration over a loss. The negative responses were almost restricted to just protagonists’ deaths. Only one death of an antagonist caused a negative emotional reaction. Positive emotion only accounted for a small number of deaths, those being solely the deaths of antagonists. Neutral or lacking emotion happened more frequently than positive emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred much more frequently than accidental. Of the purposeful deaths, most were unjustified. Accidental deaths were mostly justified.
8.It’s bad because they don’t understand death fully. However, they are good because they give children something to relate to when a loss happens in their life.
1. The five categories the study focused on were character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. It is not until about age 10 that children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. Children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, the three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is reality and the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and the environment.
5. Parents try to “protect” their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotional, seriousness, and reality of death. They use confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept death to children. They use euphemisms and terms such as passed away or sleeping to describe and downplay the impact of death. Using these terms confuses children and describing death using the word sleep can cause children to fear going to sleep.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is praised because it offers a realistic portrayal of grief and offers a resolution to this sadness. It can be used as a teaching tool to serve as the basis of discussions of death between children and their parents.
7. The study found that both protagonists and antagonist were almost equally portrayed in death scenes. Almost half of the death scenes were explicit, a significant number were explicit, and a small percentage was sleep deaths. Most explicit deaths were of protagonists, most implicit deaths were of antagonists, and both sleep deaths were of protagonists. The majority of the deaths were permanent, but there were some reversible deaths where either the character came back the same or came back altered. The permanent deaths were mainly antagonists and all reversible deaths were of protagonists. Many children experience negative emotions to the deaths of the protagonists. Negative emotions during death scenes or lack of emotion were almost equal and occurred mainly with antagonists. Many of the deaths were purposeful and most of these deaths were also seen as justified. Those seen as purposeful and justified were of antagonists and those seen as purposeful and unjustified were of protagonists. Some deaths, however, were accidental and were seen as either justified for antagonists or unjustified for protagonists.
8. Death in Disney films is good for children because it shows that both good and bad people can die. Explicit deaths were seen as good and bad because while they allow children to see death, they can be traumatic because they cause children to witness death. The permanent deaths are good because they allow children to see that death is permanent and irreversible. The reversible deaths are bad because they can cause children to believe that their loved ones can come back to them. Disney movies can also provide children with models for grieving. Disney movies can be a good educational tool to teach children about death. They contain moral implications and offer a basis for parents to discuss their beliefs and morality with children. Parents can watch these films with their kids and talk them through death scenes and explain anything that might be confusing to the kids or anything that is exaggerated.
Lauren Master
ReplyDelete1. The portrayal of death focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
2. At age 10 is when children understand that death is irreversible, permanent, and inevitable.
3. The two factors that children's understanding of death depends on are experience and developmental level.
4. The first stage is the understanding of what death is and realizing when it has happened. The middle stage is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last stage is reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
When it comes time to talk about death, a lot of parents do so in a way that is very confusing and potentially harmful to children. Parents main objective is to protect their children by taking the short cut and not explaining to the child what has really happened. The parents will use confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept but not convey a realistic portrayal of death to children.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
The death is acknowledged and the character grieves and displays the typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to sadness. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
The majority of deaths were depicted by explicit death and that the majority were portrayed at permanent and irreversible deaths. Out of the 23 characters the most who died were the protagonists. The emotional reaction to the characters death was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently of all deaths and most were unjustified. The cause of death was purposeful-unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
It can be good because the majority of deaths shown in the films were permanent and this enforces the idea that death is permanent to children since most can’t fully grasp the concept. Disney films might help children develop this understanding sooner. If left unaided children may be upset at the permanence of death, which is why parents should guide them through the processes of death. The bad part is that some of the deaths that took place in the films some of them were reversible and they came back to life. This does not happen in real life and children may be confused as to why this doesn’t happen in real life.
Fatima Icasiano
ReplyDelete1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, causality.
2. 10 years old
3. Experience and developmental level.
4. First stage: understanding what death is. Second stage: understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. Third stage: reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his/her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents focu on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Death is acknowledged, and the young character grieves and displays emotions ranging from self-blame to anger to profound sadness. The portrayal of grief is realistic.
7. A total of 23 death scenes occurred in the 10 Disney films. More protagonists died than antagonists. There were more explicit deaths. Majority of the deaths were permanent, irreversible, and final. Whenever a protagonist died, a majority felt negative emotion. However when an antagonist died, the view felt more of a positive emotion.
8. Good: effective learning tool for children; contain moral implications; allow child something to relate to when experiencing own loss.
Bad: sometimes send ambiguous messages that may confuse young children; many younger children do not yet have the cognitive ability or experience to understand death fully.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status; depiction of death; death status; emotional reaction; and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
Not until about 10 years of age
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
Experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
First, understanding what death is and being able to recognize what happened. Second, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. Third, a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted?
What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
The majority of deaths were depicted as explicit and of the protagonist. The death status of most deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Out of these, the majority of permanent deaths were of the antagonists. The emotional reaction most prevalent in the films was negative emotion. In the films purposeful deaths occurred most frequently and the majority of which were considered unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children. Furthermore, many animated Disney films contain moral implications. There are implications that the antagonists deserve to die. These aspects of death in the film may serve as discussion points for parents to talk about their own family’s beliefs and morality.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
Age ten
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
Experience and developmental level
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting emotions that go along with that, reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and their relationships with others
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Downplaying the emotionality, seriousness and reality of death
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It offers a realistic view of grief as well as resolution to sadness
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted?
Mostly protagonists with a highly negative emotional response
What was the death status of most deaths?
52% were protagonists, 48% antagonists
What was the emotional reaction?
Most prevalent was negative emotion with typical responses such as fear, crying, anger and frustration.
Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
Purposeful deaths occur most frequently, and out of those deaths, most were unjustified.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Some send ambiguous messages to children, but they can also serve as effective learning tools
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and casualty.
ReplyDelete2. 10 years old
3. Experience and developmental level
4.Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and recognition of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Rather than telling children how and why people die they focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness and reality of death.
6. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The majority of portrayals of death are unrealistic and sensational, and are rarely accompanied by realistic and normal grief reactions. Most deaths were permanent, final and irreversible. The most prevalent emotional reaction was negative. Purposeful deaths were most frequent, most being unjustified.
8. They are good because they may give children something to relate to when dealing with a loss. Children may learn how to better deal with death and grieving. They may also be used as springboards of discussion between adults and children about death. They are bad because they may give children an unrealistic view of death and that the “bad guys” always deserve to die.
Megan Sullivan
ReplyDelete1. The 5 categories that the portrayal of death focused on are character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. Children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable at the age of 10 years.
3. The two factors that children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The 3 phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or hers relationships with others within the environment.
5. Parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotional, seriousness, and the reality of the death.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The majority of the deaths were depicted as explicit deaths. The death status of most deaths was permanent, final, or irreversible. The emotional reaction was mostly a negative reaction because mostly antagonists were the ones who were killed, which caused the emotional grieving in the film.
8. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because some of these portrayals of death can send confusing messages to young children because they may not have the cognitive ability to understand death fully. Other than this, these films can serve as an effective learning tool for children, and can even give them something to relate to when experiencing a loss of their own.
Emily Houck
ReplyDeleteThe portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and casuality.
2.At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
Age 10
3.On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
The two factors are the experience and what the child have been told about death.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
Understandimg what death is
understanding that deasth is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with the realization
reoranization of a childs sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the enviroment.
How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionnality, seriousnesss, and reality of death.
Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It is positive because it offers a realistic grief of a son and father.
Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
The results focused on the five factors. The majority of deaths depicted were 64% of explicit deaths were protagonists. The death status was 74% of permanent, final, and irreversible. the emotional reaction was negative.
According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambugious messages about death children do not have cognitive ability or expreirence to understand death fully. Futhermore, many Disney films contain moral implications. The results from this content analysis indicate that the antagonists deserve to die. the aspects of death in the film ma serve as discusions points for parents to talk about their own family's beleifs an morality.
1.)The 5 categories that the portrayal of death focused on were; character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2.)At about 10 years old children have an understanding that death is irreversible, permanent, and inevitable.
3.)The 2 factors that children’s comprehension of death depends on are experience and developmental level.
4.)The 3 phases of understanding the death process is 1.) Understanding what death is 2.) Understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization and 3.) Reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with their environment.
5.)Parents try to “protect” their children from the topic of death by downplaying the seriousness and emotions of death.
6.)The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it has a realistic view of grief and it shows a “resolution” to sadness.
7.)The majority of deaths were explicit deaths of the protagonist. The death status for most of the deaths was permanent, final and irreversible. The emotional reaction was mostly a negative reaction. The cause for most of the deaths was purposeful, unjustified.
8.)Death in Disney films can be both good and bad. It can be bad because some deaths can confuse the child because young children do not have the cognitive ability or experience to fully understand death. It can be good because the movies give the child something to relate to when they to experience a loss. By watching deaths in movies they can help children understand real death in a less traumatic way.
1. The categories were character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At age 10 children understand that death is permanent, irreversible and inevitable.
3. Two factors that influence children’s understanding of death is their experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding are understanding what death is and how to identify it, understanding that death is a reality and understanding the emotions that come along with this realization and, finally, reorganization of the child’s sense of identity and relationship with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their children by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness and reality of death.
6. The Lion King shows a realistic portrayal of grief as it shows expected emotions like self-blame and profound sadness.
7. Most of the deaths were real and explicit. The majority of deaths were shown as permanent. Most of the emotional reactions were negative, showing a form of grieving. Most of the deaths were purposeful and unjustified.
8. The films showed both protagonists and antagonists die, showing that death is universal and can happen to good people too. Most explicit deaths were of protagonists, allowing the child to understand the loss of someone the child has developed a positive attachment to. These can also, however, be traumatic for the child to watch. Most deaths were shown as permanent, aiding to a child’s understanding. However, many protagonists came back in some way showing that loved ones will always stay with us. This can make a child confused and think the dead can come back. The negative emotional reaction of the characters can provide children with a model for grieving.
1.Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality
ReplyDelete2. By age 10
3. Experience and developmental level
4. Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death
6. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness, it is an effective teaching tool, and it is a basis of discussion of the topic of death with children.
7. The majority of deaths were depicted as explicit. A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent emotional response was negative. Most deaths were purposeful.
8.They can be bad because some deaths send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to children. They are good because they may be able to start a family conversation about death or morals. Also, they may give children something to relate to when they experience a loss. They may help children understand death in a way that is less traumatic or threatening.
1. The portrayal of death focused on five categories: character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. 10 years
3. Children’s comprehension of death depends on two factors: experimental and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are: understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parent’s main objective is the shift the topic from explaining and teaching to protecting. They would rather avoid talking about why and how people die by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Results of the study: In the depiction of deaths most were explicit and some were implicit. In the explicit deaths more occurred among protagonists. And in contrast, more antagonists died in implicit deaths. Sleep deaths were the least common, and in both sleep deaths the protagonist died. The majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent. Out of the permanent deaths more were antagonists rather than protagonists. There were six reversible deaths. Among the reversible deaths most of the characters returned in the same form and some appearances were altered. All of the reversible deaths occurred among protagonists. The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by the characters was a negative emotion. Most negative emotions were towards the protagonist. Positive emotions resulted solely from deaths of antagonists.
8. Deaths in Disney films can be both good and bad for children. They are good because they can serve as learning tools for children. These films can give children something to relate to if they are experiencing a loss. Also, they serve as discussion starters for children and adults about death. The bad side to the deaths in Disney films are that they can confuse and send ambiguous messages about death. Many of the Disney films contain moral implications.
1. The 5 categories that were focused on were character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
ReplyDelete2. Around 10 years old
3. Experience and developmental level
4. First stage is understanding what death is. Second stage is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The Third Stage is reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents would not tell their children why and how people die. They may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness and reality of death.
6. The Lion King’s death portrays a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Most of the deaths were explicit deaths of the protagonist. They were also permanent/fatal deaths and most of the emotions were negative. Also most of the deaths were purposeful and unjustified.
8. Death in Disney films can be good and bad for children because it serves a way for parents to talk about death to their children and children can relate to it when they are experiencing a loss. However, many animated Disney films contain moral implications. The result from this indicates that the “bad guy” deserves to die.
1. The portrayal of death focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At around age 10 children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. Two factors that childrens' understanding of death depends on are experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker the three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is reality and accepting the emotions that come alone with that realization, and a reorganization of child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to “protect” their children from the topic of death by focusing on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. Parents should tell children why and how people die.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because the young character grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions. It offers a realistic view of grief and a resolution to sadness. This film can be an effective teaching tool to help children learn and deal with the topic of death.
7. Almost half of deaths were seen as implicit, and almost the other half was seen as explicit. The other small percentage of deaths was depicted as sleep deaths. A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Out of the permanent deaths, more were antagonists and less were protagonists. A reversible death occurred in about a quarter of the death scenes. All reversible deaths were among protagonists. In about half of the death scenes a negative emotion occurred. Positive emotion out of a death scene occurred in very few deaths.
8. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because they can serve as effective learning tools for children, yet send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to young children. Some young children do not have the cognitive ability or experience to understand death fully. Disney movies indicate that the antagonists (bad guys) deserve to die. They can be bad morally, but on the other hand may give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children.
Kaitlyn Staudt
ReplyDelete1. character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and casualty.
2. 10 years old
3. experience and developmental level
4. understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment
5. they protect their children because rather than telling children why and how people die, they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death
6. because the characters grieve, display self-blame, and profound sadness as well as a more realistic resolution to sadness.
7. There was a fairly equal amount of implicit and explicit deaths Most of the explicit deaths occurred against protagonists and most of the implicit deaths occurred against antagonists. Sleep death was not very common. The majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Out of the permanent deaths more were antagonists than protagonists. All of the reversible deaths occurred to the protagonists and the majority of them returned in the same form. The most prevalent type of emotion was negative emotion like grieving, fear, crying, and frustration. The majority of negative emotion expressed was due to the death of a protagonist and there was very little positive emotion due to a death. Purposeful deaths were most common and the majority of them were unjustified. There were much fewer accidental deaths and most of which were justified.
8. It is good because it shows anyone can die at any moment regardless of if they are a good or bad person. It also is good because it shows that sometimes death is an accident but that it does happen. It is good that there are fairly equal parts of implicit and explicit deaths because it allows children to fully understand what happens during death. It can be negative however because if a child has formed an attachment with a character and must see them die it may be traumatic. It can also be negative to portray sleep deaths as children may become confused and think that a person is able to come back to life. In general if a child is at a cognitive level to understand death and has some helpful explaining from a parent, the realistic portrayals of death can certainly be positive. On the other hand if children are not cognitively ready it could be traumatic or confusing.
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and casualty
ReplyDelete2. It is not until 10 years old that children understand that death is irreversible
3. Experience and developmental level
4. The first stage is understanding what death is. The second stage is understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The third stage is reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and the environment.
5. Parents focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death rather than telling children why and how people die.
6. The death scene in The Lion King is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays the normal emotions associated. It also shows a resolution to sadness.
7. Explicit death makes up the majority of death scenes. A large portion of deaths were permanent, with only 26% being reversible. Negative emotional responses were the dominant responses to death.
8. The study concluded that Disney films are effective learning tool for children on the topic of death. The study also said that the messages the films send may be confusing for children.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteIt focuses on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
At age 10 is when children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
The two factors are based off of experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
The 3 phases of understanding the death process is the first phase, which involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The second phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last phase involves reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
When parents try to protect their children from the topic of death, they don’t tell their child why and how people die, they focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. Adults tend to use confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept to their children.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness. For this reason, the Lion King has been known as a good teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussing the topic of death with children.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
The majority of deaths were depicted by explicit deaths, implicit deaths, and sleep death. The death statuses of most deaths were a permanent/final death, reversible death, and a reversible-same form death. The emotional reaction was positive emotion, negative emotion, and lacking emotion. Accidental-justified, accidental-unjustified, purposeful-justified, and purposeful-unjustified were the causes.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because it can serve as an effective learning tool for children when it comes to the topic of death. Yet, some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may cause confusion to young children.
1. The portrayal of death is focused on character status, depiction of death, death statues, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. Children understand that death is irreversible permanent and inevitable ate age ten.
3. Children's understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity, and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The majority of the deaths were explicit deaths. The second highest way deaths were portrayed was implicit deaths and sleep death was portrayed the least. Most deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotional reaction portrayed by the characters was some type of negative emotion. Negative emotions include fear, crying, and expressing or frustration. Purposeful deaths were the most common types of death shown and most of these were unjustified. In accidental death the majority of deaths were unjustified.
8. Disney’s portrayal of deaths can be good because they can serve as effective learning tools for children. They can also give children something to relate to when they experience death. Disney’s portrayal of deaths can also be bad because they can send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeletecharacter status; depiction of death; death status; emotional reaction; and causality
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
10
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
experience and developmental level
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
explicit deaths occurred among protagonists
implicit deaths occurred more among antagonists
Sleep death was not nearly as common as “real” death portrayals
both sleep deaths occurred among protagonists
A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible
Out of the permanent deaths, more were antagonists than protagonists
Of the reversible deaths, more characters returned in their same form than in altered forms.
All of the reversible deaths were among protagonists.
In terms of reactions to a character’s death, the most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was negative emotion
Positive emotion resulted solely from the deaths of antagonists.
The majority of instances of lacking emotion were associated with the deaths of antagonists
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Good - can serve as effective learning tools for children
Bad - some s end ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children (i.e. “bad guys” deserve to die)
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDelete• Character status
• Depiction of death
• Death status
• Emotional reaction
• Causality
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
• Between 5 and 9.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
• Experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
• Understanding what death is
• Understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization
• Reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
• They talk about it in a way that is confusing and potentially harmful to children- trying to downplay the emotionality and seriousness.
• Using uncertain terms: “passed away”, “sleeping”, “taken a trip”
• Avoid topic altogether- own fear of death
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
• The death is acknowledged and the character affected by the death grieves and has typical emotions including self-blame and anger. It shows both a realistic portrayal and a resolution of the sadness caused by the death.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
• Most of the deaths were depicted explicitly, and most of those explicit deaths occurred to protagonists, however this wasn’t the majority by much.
• A large percentage of the deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible.
• The emotional reaction was usually negative, with most of those negative responses being after the death of a protagonist, however that majority was not by much either.
• Purposeful death was the most frequent cause.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
• Though some of the portrayals of death contain ambiguous messages about death, the films do give children something to relate to when experiencing a loss. By watching a character die, death can be less threatening, and more understandable. Watching these movies can also help children and parents talk about death in a more comfortable way.
1.character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, causality.
ReplyDelete2.Between ages 5 and 10
3.Experiences with death, and developmental level
4.First stage- understanding what death is. Knowing its characteristics and recognizing when it occurs.
Second stage- understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization.
Final stage- reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5.Parents explain death in confusing ways and tend to downplay the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6.The lion king shows the emotional grief after a death in a realistic way. It also shows a resolution from the grief and sadness.
7.The depiction of death was mostly explicit. Most of the explicit deaths were also among the protagonists.
The death status was mostly portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible.
The most common type of emotional reaction was a negative reaction.
The cause of most of the deaths was purposeful.
8.Disney’s depiction of death can be both good and bad. The way it can be bad is it can be portrayed as confusing and have ambiguous messages. It also can teach the children that the bad guys deserve to die, which can be against the family’s beliefs. The good aspects are it can be a good learning tool for younger children to understand death. It can also give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
At age ten.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
It depends on experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
The first phase understands what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened.
The second phase understands that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization.
The third phase reorganizes the child’s sense of identity and his/her relationships with others and the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
Parents try to protect their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. This causes the child’s understanding of death to be hindered.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
The death seen in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because the emotions exhibited from the young character range from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. The film also shows a realistic view of grief and a resolution to sadness.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
In the results of the study it was almost split down the middle for how the deaths were portrayed. Almost half were explicit and half were implicit. A majority of the deaths were permanent, however leaving a few to be reversible. Among the deaths most of them were among the protagonist characters, however; it was also very close to half and half of protagonist and antagonist. In terms of emotional reaction to the deaths, the most prevalent type of emotion was negative accompanied by your typical emotions such as crying, fear, and frustration. Only a small amount of the emotions were positive accompanied by happiness, relief, or celebration.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Disney’s portrayal of death can be both good and bad because it can send out messages to children that are confusing to young children about death. On other terms though the films may offer something for children to relate to when they are personally experiencing a loss. It can help children understand real death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening.
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, causality.
ReplyDelete2. Between the ages of 5 and 9
3. Experience and developmental level
4. Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotions, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The Lion King offers a realistic view of grief as well as resolution to sadness.
7. There were more explicit deaths depicted but only by one. The deaths depicted were mostly among the protagonists. Most deaths were permanent, final and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently of all the deaths, most were justified.
8. It can serve as an effective learning tool for children. Some of the portrayals of death can send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children. It shows kids that the bad guys deserve to die. These films may give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss. It may help children understand real death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening.
1.Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality
ReplyDelete2.Between the ages of 5 and 9
3.Experience and developmental level
4.Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5.Rather than telling children why or how people die, they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death
6.It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to the sadness
7.There were more explicit deaths depicted, but only by one. The explicit deaths were mostly among the protagonists, while the implicit deaths occurred more among the protagonists. Most deaths were permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently in all of the death scenes, most were justified.
8.Death in Disney films can serve as effective learning tools for children, however they may confuse many young children. They may also contain moral implications by implying that the antagonists deserve to die. They may give children something to relate to when experiencing a loss and understand death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening. The best way to explain death by using
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. 10 years old.
3. Experience and developmental level
4. Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment
5. They try to downplay the seriousness of the topic, which actually hinders the child and hurts their development.
6. Because Simba has a more natural and realistic grieving process
7. In depiction of death, the protagonists died more explicitly and antagonists died more implicitly. Sleep deaths only occurred in two cases, both were protagonists. But most of the deaths were explicit. The majority of the deaths were portrayed as final and permanent, and it was more so done with antagonists than with protagonists. Reversible deaths were done less than permanent deaths, but all were done with protagonists. And the majority of the reversible deaths had the characters return in the same form rather than an altered form. Most of the emotional reactions were negative to the deaths. Except for one, the negative responses were all for protagonists. Positive emotional reactions only occurred for antagonists. Purposeful deaths happened more often than accidental, and most were unjustified. As for accidental deaths, most were justified. All purposeful, justified deaths were deaths of antagonists and all purposeful, unjustified deaths were deaths of protagonists.
8. Disney movies serve as good starting points for a child’s understanding of death, but without parental discussion about the death, it may give children the wrong ideas about death and mortality.
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1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
1. The portrayal of death focuses on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
2. At age 10 children have an understanding that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. Two factors that depend on a child’s understanding of death are experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases to understanding death first understand what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize what has happened. The middle stage involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization and the final stage is a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to protect their children from the topic of death by focusing on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. The death scene in The Lion King is portrayed in a positive way because death is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The results of the study examined the portrayal of death and grieving in Disney films geared towards children, and focused on five factors. A total of 23 death scenes occurred in 10 Disney films. Both protagonists and antagonists were analyzed. Majority of the deaths were depicted as explicit and occurred among protagonists. The death status of most deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. The emotional reaction was displayed by characters with a negative reaction which included fear, crying, and expression of anger or frustration.
8. Death can be both good and bad for children because some deaths send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to young children. They can serve as effective learning tools for children and may give children something to relate to when they experience a loss.
The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDelete• Character Status
• Depiction of Death
• Death Status
• Emotional Reaction
• Causality
At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
• Age 10
On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
• Experience
• Developmental Level
According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
• Understanding what death is
• Understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization
• A reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or hers relationship with others and the environment
How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
• Downplay the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death
• Sugar-coat it : “Passed away” or “Sleeping for a long time”
Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
• It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness
Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
• Most deaths were shown explicitly and most occurred to protagonists
• Most deaths were permanent
• The emotional reaction was usually negative (after the death of a protagonist) and positive (after the death of a antagonist)
• Purposeful death was the most frequent cause
According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
• It is a good starting point for children to start understanding death without being traumatic
• Give them something to relate to if they suffer a lost
• Can be confusing and sometimes shows that the antagonists deserved to die
1. The death of portrayal focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. Children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable at age 10.
3. The two factions children’s understandings of death depend on are experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, there are 3 phases of understanding the death process. The first phase involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents try to “protect” their children from the topic of death by focusing on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death rather than telling children why and how people die. Many adults often hinder children’s understanding of death by using confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept to them. Sometimes parents avoid the topic of death altogether and are very awkward about discussing it with children.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because death is acknowledged and it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution of sadness.
7. The results of the study examined the portrayal of death and grieving in Disney films geared toward children, and focused on five factors. The majority of deaths were depicted as explicit. A total of 23 death scenes occurred in the 10 Disney films analyzed. Protagonists and antagonists were portrayed nearly equally in those scenes. The death status of most deaths was permanent, final, and irreversible. The most prevalent type of emotional reaction to a character’s death was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently of all deaths. It was found that the respective prevalences of justified and unjustified deaths were nearly equal.
8. According to the conclusion, death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because they can serve as effective learning tools for children. Some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children. But, some young children do not have the cognitive ability or experience to understand death fully.
1. Portrayal of death focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. Children understand at 10 years of age.
3. Two factors are experience (seeing or knowledge of a death) and developmental (comprehension) level.
4. Three phases are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that overcome with realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Rather than telling children why and how people die they focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. Consists of 10 Disney Classic films with a death in the plot. Two coders watched the movies and coded the data based on the five coding criteria.
8. They serve as a learning tool for children, many contain moral implications and some movies indicate that the bad guy should die.
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ReplyDeleteDepiction of death, character status, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
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At age 10.
3.
Experience and developmental level.
4.
1st phase- understanding what death is
(knowing characteristics, and being able to recognize what it has happened)
2nd phase- understanding that death is a reality and accepting emotions that come along with the realization
( reflecting on times spent with a deceased loved one and coming to terms that this person is gone but they can still keep the internal memory) We should not encourage kids that they might “come back” or discourage them from still being attached. As adults we move trough the grieving process a lot faster than children.
3rd phase- reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with other and with the environment.
(a child will still invest themselves emotionally into relationship without having fear that they will die and the child will be able to cope with the loved one they lost without fearing that everyone they come in contact with will die)
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Instead of focusing on telling the child why or how people die they focus on the down play of the emotions, seriousness, and the reality of death. Parents may also use abstract language and confusing terms such as “passing away”, or they will use euphemisms “sleeping for a long time” or “taking a long trip”. This language and down play only serves to confuse the child, this may lead them to think that someone who has “passed away” may be able to “wake up”. This is only confusing to a child and may cause them to foster fear about going to sleep.
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It shows that the young child grieving emotions and profound sadness; this is positive because it shows the realistic grieving and a resolution to sadness.
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A total of 23 death scenes occurred in 10 Disney films. The protagonists and antagonists were almost equal in the scenes. Implicit and explicit deaths were shown equally but there were more explicit deaths in protagonists than in antagonists and implicit deaths occurred more in antagonists than in protagonists. Sleep death was not more common among “real” deaths and only occurred to protagonists. The majority of deaths were permanent but only six deaths were shown to be reversible and only among protagonists. Half of the protagonists that died came back to life in some way or form. The emotional reaction to a protagonist dying was negative and positive ones or emotions lacking was for an antagonist who died.
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It is good because it can be a useful learning tool for children, the films can relate to the child, and it can have the child experience death in a non-traumatic way. It can be bad because it may send mixed messages to children and confuse them, and it can portray unrealistic situations such as people “coming back” from the dead.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDelete•character status; depiction of death; death status; emotional reaction; and causality
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
•It is not until about 10 years of age that healthy children achieve an understanding that death is irreversible, permanent, and inevitable
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend
experience and developmental level?
•A child’s understanding of death depends on their experience and developmental level.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
-The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened.
•The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting
the emotions that come along with that realization.
•The last phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of
identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
• When it comes to talking about death, a lot of parents do so in a way that is very confusing and potentially harmful to children. It seems that some parents’ main objective shifts from explaining and teaching to protecting. For instance, rather than telling a child why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
•The Lion King’s grief portrayal offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness. For this reason, this particular film has the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted?
What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
•A total of 23 death scenes occurred in the 10 Disney films analyzed. Protagonists and antagonists were portrayed nearly equally in those scenes. Expliecit death occured most with protagonist and implicit deaths commonly occurred with antagonists. A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
•In terms of emotion shown over death, almost all of the negative emotion was shown as a result of protagonist’s deaths. This may provide some children who lack experience with death with a model of grieving. Positive emotional reactions to death occurred solely for antagonists
1. Death is focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At age 10, children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. The two factors that a child’s understanding of death depend on are experience (has the child actually experienced death or what they have been told about death) and developmental level (does the child understand that death is irreversible, finality, inevitable, and causality).
4. According to Baker, there are three phases in order for a child to understand the death process. The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that The third phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents “protect” their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death instead of telling children why and how people die.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it acknowledges and shows the young character grieving and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. The Lion King also offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The study showed that out of 10 Disney films analyzed, there were 23 death scenes. It showed that there were more explicit deaths of protagonist characters than antagonist and there were more implicit deaths among antagonist characters than protagonist characters. The study showed that sleep death only occurred twice, a very small percentage of the total, and both occurred to protagonist characters. The study showed that protagonist characters suffered more deaths that became reversible and either returned in the same state or a different state then before. The study showed that most of the deaths were permanent/final and that these types of deaths occurred slightly more often to antagonist characters than protagonist ones. Positive emotions only occurred in antagonist deaths and negative emotions occurred in all protagonist deaths. In some cases, mainly antagonist characters, the emotion was lacking. The study showed that all purposeful, justified deaths resulted in the death of an antagonist and all purposeful, unjustified deaths were those of the protagonist. All of the accidental, justified deaths were to antagonists and the accidental, unjustified deaths were to all protagonists.
8. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because it portrays many different types, causes, and reactions of death. It is positive because a majority of the deaths were permanent and that enforces the idea that death is permanent. It can be bad because of the deaths that did occur, some of the deaths were reversible and this can lead kids to assume that death can be avoided by some, mainly the “good guys”. But, this reversible death, especially in the Lion King, shows that the loved one that has died can always remain a part of the child and that is great in guiding children into coping with death. Also with this, it can show children that the deceased may actually return. The Disney films are good in showing emotional reaction when it’s negative because it gives children a model to a grieving process and that these are acceptable and normal behaviors.
1. The portrayal of death focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At about age 10 children achieve an understanding that death is irreversible, permanent, and inevitable.
3. The two factors that children’s understanding of death depend on are experience and developmental level. The children’s experience with death are critical to their understanding of death. The developmental level of the child also must be taken into account when examining the comprehension of death.
4. The first phase involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The second phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The third phase involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationship with others and with their environment.
5. When it comes to talking about death, many parents do so in a way that is very confusing and potentially harmful to children. The parent’s main objective switches from explaining to protecting. Rather than telling the children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. They use confusing terms, such as passing away, which does not convey a realistic portrayal of death to children. They may use euphemisms in an attempt to downplay the impact of death n order to protect children, which only confuses the child more.
6. The death in the lion king is acknowledged as a positive death because the death is acknowledged and the young character, Simba, grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self blame and anger to profound sadness. This particular film has the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. 23 death scenes occurred in 10 disney movies. There were more explicit deaths than implicit deaths. A large majority of deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Sleep death not as common as “real” death portrayals. The most prevalent type of emotion was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths were most common and more of them were unjustified than justified.
8. The death in Disney films can be both good and bad because some portrayals of death in Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children. Using Disney movies may be a more comfortable way of discussing this difficult topic for both parents and children. These aspects of
death in the film may serve as discussion points for parents to talk about their
own family’s beliefs and morality. children may better learn how to deal with death in terms of grieving and understanding what has happened when someone or something dies.
1.Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and casuality
ReplyDelete2. Age 10
3. Experience and developmental level
4. Understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment
5. By using confusing terms and abstract language, using euphemisms, and by downplaying the emotional, seriousness, and reality of death
6. Because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution with sadness
7. They concluded that the majority of portrayals of death are unrealistic and sensational, and are rarely
accompanied by realistic and normal grief reactions. Protagonists and antagonists were portrayed nearly equally, most prevalent emotion was negative,
8. It can be good because it can give children something to relate to if they experience a loss, it can be bad because the messages about death can confuse children and they could think it’s a good thing that the “bad guy” is killed.
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. By age ten, most kids understand the concepts of death.
3. Children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Rather than telling their children why and how people die, parents may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death.
6. It offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness which gives it the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. Out of the 23 characters who died, 52% were protagonists and 48% were antagonists. The majority of deaths were depicted explicitly (48%). The death status of most deaths was permanent (74%). The most prevalent type of emotion displayed by characters was negative emotion. Purposeful deaths occurred most frequently of all deaths and were more likely unjustified.
8. Death in Disney films can be bad for children because some portrayals of death in the films can be confusing to many young children. However, these films mat give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss. Plus, depictions of death may also serve as a springboard for discussion about death between children and their parents.
1. Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality
ReplyDelete2. Children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable age 10
3One factor is the child’s experience with actual death and what they have been told and the other factor is the developmental level of the child must be taken into account.
4. The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death. Adults often use confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept of death to children.
6. In The Lion King, death is acknowledged and Simba grieves and displays emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. The Lion King’s grief portrayal offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. A total of 23 death scenes occurred in the 10 Disney films analyzed. Protagonists and antagonists were portrayed nearly equally in those scenes. Out of the 23 characters that died, more than half were the protagonist. Explicit deaths occurred most among protagonists, whereas most antagonists died in an implicit status. A large majority of the deaths were portrayed as permanent, final, and irreversible. Most of the permanent deaths were the antagonists and of the reversible deaths most came back in their same state. Most characters expressed fear, anger, or frustration over the loss of the characters that died; therefore negative reactions were more prevalent. Positive reactions resulted only from antagonists.
8. Disney Films serve as a good starting point for children’s understanding of death. They also can be used for effective learning tools for children. However, Disney films send ambiguous messages about death and may be confusing to many young children. These films may give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss. Watching films in which characters die may help children understand real death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening.
1. Death is focused on character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality.
ReplyDelete2. At about age ten, children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable.
3. The two factors that a child’s understanding of death depend on are experience -has the child actually experienced death or what they have been told about death and developmental level -does the child understand that death is irreversible, finality, inevitable, and causality.
4. According to Baker, there are three phases in order for a child to understand the death process. The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that the third phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. Parents “protect” their children from the topic of death by downplaying the emotionality, seriousness, and reality of death instead of telling children why and how people die.
6. The death scene in the Lion King is acknowledged in a positive way because it acknowledges and shows the young character grieving and displays a type of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. The Lion King also offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness.
7. The study showed that out of 10 Disney films analyzed, there were 23 death scenes. It showed that there were more explicit deaths of protagonist characters than antagonist and there were more implicit deaths among antagonist characters than protagonist characters. The study showed that sleep death only occurred twice, a very small percentage of the total, and both occurred to protagonist characters. The study showed that protagonist characters suffered more deaths that became reversible and either returned in the same state or a different state then before. The study showed that most of the deaths were permanent/final and that these types of deaths occurred slightly more often to antagonist characters than protagonist ones. Positive emotions only occurred in antagonist deaths and negative emotions occurred in all protagonist deaths. In some cases, mainly antagonist characters, the emotion was lacking. The study showed that all purposeful, justified deaths resulted in the death of an antagonist and all purposeful, unjustified deaths were those of the protagonist. All of the accidental, justified deaths were to antagonists and the accidental, unjustified deaths were to all protagonists.
8. Death in Disney films can be both good and bad for children because it portrays many different types, causes, and reactions of death. It is positive because a majority of the deaths were permanent and that enforces the idea that death is permanent. It can be bad because of the deaths that did occur, some of the deaths were reversible and this can lead kids to assume that death can be avoided by some, mainly the “good guys”. But, this reversible death, especially in the Lion King, shows that the loved one that has died can always remain a part of the child and that is great in guiding children into coping with death. Also with this, it can show children that the deceased may actually return. The Disney films are good in showing emotional reaction when it’s negative because it gives children a model to a grieving process and that these are normal and acceptabl behaviors.
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories? Character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality
ReplyDelete2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable? 10 years of age.
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend? experience
and developmental level
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
1. The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened.
2. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization
3. The last phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
For instance, rather than telling children why and how people die they may focus on downplaying the emotionality,
seriousness, and reality of death.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
The Lion King, death is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. Sedney describes the merits of The Lion King’s grief portrayal because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness. For this reason, this particular film has the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
Ten Disney movies were picked based on the death scenes portrayed in them. The movies were tested on five categories, character status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction, and causality. Majority of the deaths were depicted in the explicit version. Implicit was second and the sleep death was last. For the death status of most deaths, permanent came first and was the largest and then came the reversible deaths. The emotional reaction that was the greatest was the negative reaction. Most of the negative emotion came from the death of the protagonist. The positive emotion that came was mostly from the death of the antagonist.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
Disney films can be both good and bad for children because one the movies express the relationship that the child has of rooting on the protagonist and being against the antagonist. This can be good because then a child knows what is good behavior and bad behavior and how they should grow up and act. The bad part of the Disney films is the death po
1. The portrayal of death focused on which 5 categories?
ReplyDeleteCharacter status, depiction of death, death status, emotional reaction and causality.
2. At what age do children understand that death is permanent, irreversible, and inevitable?
10 years old
3. On what two factors does children's understanding of death depend?
children’s experiences with death are critical to their understanding of death. Second, the developmental level of the child also must be taken into account when examining the comprehension.
4. According to Baker, what are the 3 phases of understanding the death process?
The first stage involves understanding what death is, knowing its characteristics, and being able to recognize when it has happened. At this stage, it is important for children to feel self-protected, meaning that they need to know that just because someone or something has died does not mean the child or his or her family is in any immediate danger. The middle phase involves understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization. The last phase of this process involves a reorganization of a child’s sense of
identity and his or her relationships with others and with the environment. The
child will also be able to invest emotionally him- or herself in relationships
with others without being overly afraid of losing that person to a death.
5. How do parents try to "protect" their children from the topic of death?
When it comes to talking about death, a lot of parents do so in a way that is very confusing and potentially harmful to children. Though their intentions are good, many adults often hinder children’s understanding of death by using confusing terms and abstract language to explain the concept to them. They may say that someone has “passed away,” which does not convey a realistic portrayal of death to children. They may use euphemisms (such as “sleeping for a long time” or “taken a long trip”) in an attempt to downplay the impact of death in order to protect children, which only serves to confuse them.
6. Why is the death scene in the Lion King acknowledged in a positive way?
In The Lion King, death is acknowledged and the young character grieves and displays a gamut of typical grieving emotions ranging from self-blame and anger to profound sadness. Sedney describes the merits of The Lion King’s grief portrayal because it offers a realistic view of grief as well as a resolution to sadness. For this reason, this particular film has the potential to be an effective teaching tool to serve as a basis of discussion on the topic of death with children.
7. Summarize the results of the study. How were the majority of deaths depicted? What was the death status of most deaths? What was the emotional reaction? Cause? (Do not give specific percentages for this answer)
Most deaths in the Disney movies were either implicit, explicit, or sleep. There were more explicit than implicit. They are mostly negative reaction unless it is the antagonist that dies.
8. According to the conclusion, how can death in Disney films be both good and bad for children?
They can be both because it teaches children about death and how it occurs. It shows them in a not so realistic way but a way that is enough to inform t
1. They focused on the character status, the depiction of the death, the death status, the emotional reaction, and the causality.
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3. Children’s understanding of death depends on experience and developmental level.
4. The three phases of understanding the death process are understanding what death is, understanding that death is a reality and accepting the emotions that come along with that realization, and a reorganization of a child’s sense of identity and his or her relationships with others and the environment.
5. Children do not want to talk to about death because they think the subject is too unpleasant. When it comes to talking about death, many parents may do so in a way that is confusing or potentially harmful to the child. Parents may downplay on certain emotional parts of how and why people die.
6. The death scene in The Lion King portrays the grieving process in a realistic way as opposed to movies like Bambi where there is no grief shown.
7. The protagonists tended to die more explicitly and the antagonists died more explicitly, but overall there were more explicit than implicit deaths. The majority of deaths were permanent. Reversible deaths were only done with protagonists and not antagonists. Sleep deaths were only used twice, both were in older movies, and both were the protagonists whose deaths were reversed. Except for one, all reactions to the protagonists’ deaths were negative. Positive emotional reactions only occurred for antagonists. Purposeful deaths happened more often than accidental deaths. Accidental deaths were usually justified. Purposeful deaths for antagonists were justified and for protagonists they were unjustified.
8. Some portrayals of death in Disney films can send ambiguous messages to children and may be confusing to many young children. Disney films seem to show that the “bad guy” deserves to die because they were intentionally trying to kill the protagonist. However, these films may give children something to relate to when they are experiencing a loss. Watching films in which characters die may help children understand real death in a way that is less traumatic and threatening than when it happens in real life.