Death is a topic that most adults avoid, especially when it comes to children. However, death pervades American media, including the animated films widely watched by children. Despite the prevailing cultural view of animation as an innocent fantasy, popular animated films are introducing young audiences to violence, murder, and moral judgments at alarming rates, affecting children's understanding of both death and morality.This book provides the first in-depth study of murder in animated films for children, exploring the moral judgments about murder that are presented to young viewers. By bringing together the fields of psychology, cultural studies, and media research, the book reveals consistent moral messages about the justification of murder, based not on the violent act itself, but on the identity of its perpetrator and victim.By situating these patterns within broader Western ideologies, this book highlights the nuances with which the media teaches children about more than just death, but also about right and wrong, including who deserves to live and who deserves to die.
The Morality of Killing in Children’s Animated Films
أخلاقيات القتل في أفلام الرسوم المتحركة للأطفال
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Bibliographic Data
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | McFarlandWebsite |
| Country | أمريكا |
| Primary Category | Philosophies and Cultures |
| Also In | |
| Published | 2026 |
| Language | English (EN) |
| Pages | 209 pages |
| Edition | The first |
| Dimensions | 6×9 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4766-9970-7 |
| Translation | Not Translated |
About Marissa Lammon
**Marissa Lammon** is a popular culture scholar, consultant, and professor at the University of Colorado Boulder researching children’s media, with specialization in animation and mediated death. Her research combines expertise in child development and cultural analysis to confront the psychological and social implications of animated pedagogy.
