TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Gender Differences in Depictions of Social and Physical Aggression in Children's Television Cartoons in the US
JO  - Journal of children and media
A1  - Luther, Catherine A.
A1  - Legg, J. Robert
SP  - 191
EP  - 191
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - The main purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in depictions of social and physical aggression in children's television cartoons. With the knowledge that boys tend to commit physical aggression more than girls and that girls tend to perpetrate social aggression more than boys, it was expected that these gender differences in aggression type would be reflected in the cartoons. A content analysis of cartoons appearing on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Toon Disney was conducted. The findings showed that acts of physical aggression were more likely to be carried out by male characters, whereas acts of social aggression were more likely to be committed by female characters. Both the perpetrators and receivers of physical and social aggression tended to be children or teen characters, rather than adult characters. For a majority of the aggressive acts, immediate retribution or a defensive response did not result.    Keywords: cartoons; depictions; gender; physical aggression; social aggression; television<p />
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SN  - 1748-2798
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482791003629651
ID  - ref1
ER  -