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Romantically Themed Media And The Development Of Children's Understanding Of Love, Tiffani Noelle Isaacson
Romantically Themed Media And The Development Of Children's Understanding Of Love, Tiffani Noelle Isaacson
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
This study explores the influence of romantically themed media on children's understanding of love and romantic relationships. By reviewing literature on relevant media influence theories, learning theories, and the consequences of learning through media, I review how children gain understandings of their world through the media. I then argue that as children identify and internalize meanings through exposure to romantically themed media, such as iconic Disney films, understandings of romantic relationships are shaped. By engaging in qualitative interviews of young children, this thesis investigates whether children can identify iconic Disney images and explores the ways children explain what it means …