Representation of Female Character in Some Popular Cartoons Objectives of the study 1. To study the representation of primary female characters in cartoons. 2. To analyze the gender discourse of the narrative of the popular cartoon shows. Justification of the study How some popular cartoons affect gender, particularly young girls -the nine cartoon programming for each year from 2001 to 20119 from the sampling frame of nine programs on the basis of television ratings and disney cartoons.

1. Representation of
Female Character in
Some Popular Cartoons
Presenting By
Nawrin Akhtar

2. Introduction
O Stereotyped
O Narrow definition of beauty and femininity
• Problem of the statement
- While the female characters are portrait as positive
character, there is still a large percentage that is
portrayed in a negative character.

3. O Objectives of the study
1. To study the representation of primary female characters in cartoons.
2. To analyze the gender discourse of the narrative of the popular cartoon
shows.
Justification of the study
How some popular cartoons affect gender, particularly young girls
O Limitations
- A small scale study

4. Literature Review
O Media and Gender
O Children, Television and Gender
Representations

5. Methodology
O Sampling
-the nine cartoon programming for each year from 2001 to 20119 from the sampling
frame of nine programs on the basis of television ratings and disney cartoons.
Sample size
- The content analysis was conducted on a total sample of 81 (9*9 episodes)
cartoon show episodes .
O description of research design
- Qualitative research, qualitative research seeks to discern the quality rather than
the quantity of its study.
O 3.4. Sources of data
- the present study is entirely based on secondary data collected from literature
review and some cartoon’s videos

6. Analysis and
Findings

14. Conclusion
O A negative light
O Stereotypes as the norm
O Fail to allow kids to be open-minded
O A biased perspective

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