Has Language In Media Become More Crude Over The Last 20 Years?
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Has Language In Media Become More Crude Over
The Last 20 Years?
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So…
Is This Trend Taking Hold In Children’s Media Also?
YES!
• It has been the target of many Studies.
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Ashley Case
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Side 1
• significantly higher amount of violence in animated films than in non-animated films
• average of 7.86 violent incidents per hour
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Side 2
• G-rated = contains nothing in theme, language, nudity, sex, violence or other matters that would offend parents whose younger children view the motion picture
• tightening of standards in the last two years
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Methodology…
• Get a list
• Compare it to the language used in 1st Care Bears movie and last Care Bears movie.
BUT…
• Lacking a list (from a reliable source) of unacceptable terms for children ages 7 and younger
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NEW Methodology!
• Compile words from both movies in to a list
• Give them to mothers of children age 7 and younger.
• Compile the results
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Sample:
Not a problem
Depends on context
Not in my kid’s vocab!
Evil
Grumpy
Gosh
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Rating System
• No problem: rating of 0
• Depends: rating of 1
• Not to be used: rating of 2
• Multiply rating by number of votes
= points for each time word
is found in script
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Possible Outcomes
• 1st Care Bears movie has better language
• Newest Care Bears movie has better language
• No significant division
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Future Work
• Include other Care Bear movies
• Include other re-released children’s movies
• Larger sample size
• Etc.
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Questions?