Superhero Themes in Children's TV Programs: A Thematic Analysis
Abstract
This research study is exploring the children TV programs broadcast-ed with super heroic themes. The data has been collected from popular children TV channels Nickelodeon, Disney, cartoon Network, PBS kids, Boomerang, and Nick Toon. The researcher has adopted content analysis method to analyze the text of children TV programs with super heroic themes. This study has established in uses and gratification theory. The findings discovered that children TV programs with super heroic themes has presented children performing their role heroically. They are bestowed with magical power. They use this power to protect the earth and fight with evil forces, ghost, villains and magical creature. The results have proven that the children TV programs with heroic themes are apart from reality, cultivating fantasized world and characters. The characterization is exalted and diluting the young minds.
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