Female leadership represented in animation for children and socio-cognitive learning of girls of the XXI century

Animation cinema is an entertainment platform with great potential to foster sociocognitive learning in the child audience. The stories told, the main characters, stereotypes represented, and formulas to solve conflicts provide reference social models for children. Due to the progressive evolution e...

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Autores: Neira Piñeiro, María del Rosario|||0000-0003-2355-4682, Moral Pérez, María Esther del|||0000-0002-9143-5960, Villalustre Martínez, Lourdes|||0000-0002-5427-5355
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/70991
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10651/70991
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:animation cinema
female leadership
social learning
stereotypes
childhood
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Sumario:Animation cinema is an entertainment platform with great potential to foster sociocognitive learning in the child audience. The stories told, the main characters, stereotypes represented, and formulas to solve conflicts provide reference social models for children. Due to the progressive evolution experienced by female characters since the last century, they have not only acquired more prominence, but also have presented examples of women empowerment. This case study qualitative research provides a content analysis about the female characters of 10 successful animation films from the last decade. Women leadership models are analyzed considering three dimensions—personal and psychological, sociological, and communicative—and using the instrument Cartoons-L, inspired by the theories on social leadership and film narrative. The prevalence of charismatic, participatory, and emotional leadership is ultimately confirmed, incarnated in professional, independent, assertive, determined, and courageous women who offer positive behavior models for girls.