Cartoons: A Profound Outlook within the Scope of Children and Media

Abstract

The current study was carried out to evaluate cartoons from the perspective of preschool prospective teachers within the scope of Child and Media Lecture in Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education. The working group of the study consisted of 46 cartoon parts evaluated by 24 preschool prospective teachers attending to the lecture of “Child and Media” in the content of final assignments. As a data collection tool, cartoon evaluation form (an unstructured survey form) that was prepared by the researcher was used. The study was conducted following qualitative research method, and it was analyzed with the content analysis technique. At the end of the research, the positive and negative features of protagonist, the positive and negative features of other heroes, the positive and negative effects of cartoon on children, subliminal messages, the personal views and recommendations of the prospective teachers with regard to the cartoons they analyzed were determined. Depending on the results obtained, various recommendations were provided.