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Disney movies have been the leading outlets for child education and social learning. Due to such power of influence controversies have been raised which include the following, but not limited to, gender roles and stereotypes, issues of independence, and misrepresentation. Many people argue that despite the morals and messages that occur within such films there are still underlying messages that deal with beauty standards and norms. However, others may argue that Disney is evolutionary and evolved the imagery of male/female standards. The controversy then becomes: are Disney films doing more harm than they are good? Due to certain themes brought on by such movies, it has left younger audiences with both positive and

The article by Erika Christakis, informs future teachers and parents how preschool today may not be benefiting their children as much as they thought. She talks about how preschool has changed drastically over the years as well as kindergarten. She states that “kindergarten may be the new first grade”. Her statement shows how children today are expected more then they were years ago in all grades, especially preschool and at such a young age. Many think this is helping our children or will benefit them in the future if they know more as a child but this may not be the case. The article talks about multiple studies done throughout America to children are learning and how school curriculum changing affects children. A studied showed that children

People around the world consume numerous goods every day. There are several things that determine what quantities and how frequently they are consumed and those influences can either work in tandem or act individually to influence a person. It is these foundations that set an average for what consumers will purchase and the volume of goods to be created by agriculturalists and industrialists. This is known as economic consumption patterns, and these patterns are carefully studied by economists. With the data that they glean from this assessment economists can then use that information to provide the economy with data

The completeness of the stories that showed on films covered dissimilarity on reality. It embraced fantasy concept a way far in realism. However, it triggered to produce heartwarming films. The concept of the stories stroked the minds and hearts of young female children which usually convey a love stories. Most protagonists were females or princesses so, evidently young female children were captivated on the stories with used of the unforgettable line “And they live happily ever after”. As a result, young female children when exposed to Walt Disney films tend to identify themselves with those fictional characters. They might as well perceive the stories will happen in life situations.

In the hot days near the end of June 1998, my mother dealt with me kicking inside of her stomach. Similarly, in Washington, D.C., Senator John McCain dealt with figurative kicks in the stomach as the bill he created was being shut down. Determined and persuasive, big tobacco companies aimed their advertisements at teenagers more than ever before. Some members of Congress wanted to end the advertising, while others thought about the upcoming November election and did not want to be put on the bad side of big tobacco companies, who were some of their major campaign backers. Back in Louisville, Kentucky, my dad sat with my very pregnant mother; at the same time, he held a cigarette between his teeth and read the Courier Journal, which read all about the tobacco bill. During the last few weeks of my mother’s pregnancy, tobacco was the topic; specifically, Senator McCain’s tobacco bill, Kentucky analyzed how the tobacco bill

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The Disney Corporation has had both positive and negative effects on American society. Disney has majorly affected both the youth and adults in America by way they interact with each other, what they expect from each other, and how parents bring up their youth in harsh and unrealistic expectations according to Disney. Disney has fostered a strong sense of imagination in the past, present and future youth of America. This sense of imagination is necessary to the development of children when it comes to success in life and self-confidence. The Disney Corporation knows how to work it’s audience for a profit and mastering that skill has allowed Disney to accumulated billions by advertising and selling fantasies to young children and their parents. It’s also these very ideas that influence what Americans believe our government and policies should be founded on. In “The Mouse That Roared” the author states “Education is never innocent, because it always presupposes a particular view of citizenship, culture, and society. And yet it is this very appeal to innocence, bleached of any semblance of politics, that has become a defining feature in Disney culture and pedagogy” (Giroux 31) This quote defines Disney at large. Disney has created the idea of ‘imagination’ in American society and perpetuates it in everything America does and influences everything America stands. In everyday American life, politics and business, The Disney Corporation has a hand in it.

In an ever changing world we have seen the number and complexity of languages become reduced. In a Wall Street Journal article entitled What the World Will Speak in 2115, John H. McWhorter advocates for the world to see these changes as necessary and a way for communication worldwide to become more efficient and simplified. McWhorter shows how language has been streamlined for centuries as a way for citizens to adapt rather than viewed as an extinction of culture. Modern English is likely to become the dominant language worldwide but more so for the fact that it can be easily learned and is open to transformation with the times. Despite the fears of a world where lingual diversity is reduced, McWhorter suggests that there will still be variation to promote culture and communication with people from all backgrounds will be easier. The following is a summary and analysis of McWhorter’s main points describing the simplification of language. Following the summary of main points will be a hypothetical situation in what the world language could consist of 100 years from now.

To consider children as consumers of Disney is not a new idea. Princess culture “includes a vast array of material objects and media representations, but also marketing rhetoric and weighty expert studies of children as consumers” (Orr 9). If a company gains the loyalty of a child then they have a customer for life. Marketing campaigns “that accompany each new animated feature” for Disney have admitted to “the targeting of children as consumers” (Lacroix 226). Not only do children consume Disney merchandise, like the toys marketed through McDonald’s Happy Meals, but they are also “taught to consume ideas” (226). Henry Giroux calls the films “teaching machines” and “producers of culture” (“Are Disney Movies Good” 53). Disney is the biggest producer of princess culture and the Disney Princess films “comprise five out of six top revenue-generating Disney films of all time” (Wohlwend 10). When it comes to Disney animated films, the princesses are the popular kids in school.

Disney movies are in themselves fairy tales meant to be enjoyed by young audiences and approved by parents concerned with how they’re children are developing. In John Evans “What’s Happened to Disney Films?” the author believes Disney films aren’t what they used to be like. He argues that Disney has produced children movies that have overly dark villains such as Ursula from Little Mermaid whose bizarre appearance can strike fear into small children, and argues little mermaids has suggestive undertones. He makes a similar case for Aladdin, stating that several scenes could strike fear into children specifically the main antagonist Jafar who manipulates others violently for his own sinister agenda in the movie.

Walt Disney Pictures’ founding raison d’être is to provide material to do children. Materials can be films, books, characters etc. These whole materials may help to effect children’s thoughts, ideas, mental responsibility, skills as well as imagination. The one of that examples is Lion King. In the Lion King, Disney shows racism, patriarchy, and homophobia that affects children’s mind unconsciously.

Disney’s target audience was young -and children were much more apparent than before, due to the postwar baby-boom-, so by filling his projects with good values and happiness he was able to instill them into his audience at a young age.

Many young children grow up watching Disney films. Many parents do not think that these movies could have a negative impact on their children. Henry Giroux, who wrote the book, “The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence” is a firm believer that Disney films have a negative impact on the children that watch them. For several generations Disney films have been a huge part of children’s lives, but many parents do not realize how these films can negatively impact their children. Disney films can teach young children stereotypes, how to deal with life events such as death and they can learn negative ideas and values from these films.

Disney is one of the most successful and largest companies in the world. They have their hand in nearly every form of entertainment as well as media, and broadcasting. Disney is best known for their animated films, unique cartoon characters, catchy musicals, and fairy tales that most of us were first introduced to as children. They are one of the few entertainment companies in the World whose primary demographic is children and teens. Nearly everybody is familiar with the Disney name and its brand, and its realistic to suggest that nearly everybody has experienced a Disney film and animated character at some point in their lives; which may have helped to influence them or their behaviors or even their

A young girl with black hair and brown eyes sees a beautiful princess named Cinderella who has blond hair, blue eyes, and flawless skin. She believes she will never be as radiant and beautiful as the princess because they don’t look alike. Like this girl, there are many cases of Disney films having lasting negative effects on children. Disney influences children more than any other age group since most merchandise and movies are geared toward younger audiences around thirteen or younger. Walt Disney Productions have a negative effect on children through stereotypes, violent actions, and sexism presented through its characters’ physical characteristics and actions. Disney has been