- Title: Analysis of violence in animation and its impact on children and young people audiences; making the film The Crows’ Call
- Student: Mohammad Rouzitalab
- Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Ali Safoura and Dr. Akbar Alami
- University: Tarbiat Modares
- Degree: Master’s
- Field: Art and Architecture
- Defense Year: May 2012
Abstract:
The category of violence has long accompanied humans and, according to Freud, is an inherent instinct within humans. With the introduction of violence in the media, the question arose as to how vulnerable children and young people, as the future-building strata, are against this current; and on the other hand, this issue has always preoccupied experts as to whether viewing violent images also has an effect on the formation of their personality? Meanwhile, researchers such as J. Hamilton and Bandura and his colleagues believe that visual violence has a negative and direct impact on audiences. Others, like Feshbach and Singer, believe that observing violence not only has no negative effects, but by discharging energy, it even has positive effects. At the same time, some believe that seeing media violence has no effect on audiences, but considering the studies conducted and also due to the lack of sufficient resources regarding violence in animation characters and its impact on children, investigating this issue seems necessary. Therefore, this thesis intends to examine, through a brief study, the types of violence, media violence, the representation of violence in cinema, and finally the portrayal of violence in animation characters.