Abstract:

The first years of childhood are the most productive time for learning. Everything learned by children in this period has been accompanied throughout their entire lives. Children who spend most of their time in front of television screen have been confronted with colorful imaginary heroes in cartoons. Violence, which is an important problem nowadays, has been easily transferred to children by the cartoons. Cartoon violence can affect children’s whole life. The aim of this study is to understand the impact of physical and symbolic violence on cartoons on children. Indirect observation and interview methods were used in the study. Firstly children were watched a cartoon episode in a kindergarten and then while watching and afterwards they were observed in order to try to examine the changes of their movements. After watching the children were asked about the violence cartoon.

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