Start Date
15-12-2020 2:25 PM
Description
Although children are born with unbiased innocence, the environment they are born into begins to frame their worldview, from the people they live with to the people they see only on screen. The characters and storylines that children grow up viewing take part in building their perspective of themselves and of others. Therefore, the marginalization of people of color in the media leads viewers to believe that whiteness is equivalent to normalcy, which can cause children of color to struggle with their identity or communities. My research examines how children perceive who should be the protagonists and antagonists, solely based on visual features, to study the correlation and patterns their choices have with the media they consume. With this study, I intend to gain insight into how viewers as well as content creators can recognize and acknowledge the racial messaging encoded in the media.
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The Influence of Racial Depictions in Children’s Media on Child Development
Although children are born with unbiased innocence, the environment they are born into begins to frame their worldview, from the people they live with to the people they see only on screen. The characters and storylines that children grow up viewing take part in building their perspective of themselves and of others. Therefore, the marginalization of people of color in the media leads viewers to believe that whiteness is equivalent to normalcy, which can cause children of color to struggle with their identity or communities. My research examines how children perceive who should be the protagonists and antagonists, solely based on visual features, to study the correlation and patterns their choices have with the media they consume. With this study, I intend to gain insight into how viewers as well as content creators can recognize and acknowledge the racial messaging encoded in the media.
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