Children’s Animation
Children’s animation such as Disney can be studied as this because it is widely consumed and commercially produced.
What is popular culture?
Disney originated in this country before developing into a globally recognised popular culture.
What is the United States of America?
Shared ideas about what a society considers important, worthwhile or desirable are called what?
What are values?
Having opportunities, access to resources and the ability to participate fully in society describes this.
What is social inclusion?
Education, employment, healthcare, income and justice can all be described using this Society & Culture term.
What are socially valued resources?
Watching animated films, buying merchandise or engaging with animation-related content are examples of this process.
What is consumption?
The movement from hand-drawn animation towards computer-generated animation demonstrates the influence of this on popular culture.
What is technology?
The movement from traditional princess roles towards more independent female characters can reflect changing attitudes towards this.
What are gender roles / gender equality?
Being prevented from fully participating in society or accessing opportunities and resources is known as this.
What is social exclusion?
Greater access to this resource can improve qualifications and increase future employment opportunities and income.
What is education?
Creating an animated film is called ______, while making it available through cinemas, television or streaming is called ______.
What are production and distribution?
This technology allows audiences around the world to watch animated films on demand without travelling to a cinema.
What is streaming technology?
Increased representation of characters from different cultural backgrounds can reflect these contemporary social values.
What are diversity and inclusion?
The ability of individuals or groups to move to a different position within the social hierarchy is called what?
What is social mobility?
Access to this socially valued resource can provide income, independence, status and opportunities for greater participation in society.
What is employment?
Disney earns money from films, toys, clothing, games and theme parks based on its characters. What feature of popular culture does this demonstrate?
What is commercialisation?
Dubbing and subtitles have helped children's animation reach international audiences by reducing this barrier.
What is the language barrier?
Some characteristics of children's animation have remained while others have altered as society's values have changed. What TWO Society & Culture concepts describe this?
What are continuity and change?
What is the difference between marginal exclusion and deep exclusion?
Marginal exclusion involves limited disadvantage or exclusion, while deep exclusion involves severe, persistent and often multiple forms of disadvantage.
Over-representation of Indigenous Australians in imprisonment statistics can be used as evidence when examining inequality associated with this institution.
What is the justice system?
A Disney film is released through cinemas, streaming services, merchandise and social media. Which THREE processes of popular culture could this demonstrate?
Any three of production, distribution, consumption, commercialisation or globalisation.
Digital distribution, streaming, dubbing and subtitles have helped children's animation spread across national boundaries. What process does this demonstrate?
What is globalisation?
A female animated character rejects traditional expectations and makes decisions about her own future. Rather than retelling the storyline, identify TWO contemporary social values this representation could express.
Any two of gender equality, independence, individual choice, female empowerment.
A group experiences lower employment, reduced income, poorer access to education and limited participation in society. Name TWO Society & Culture concepts that could be used to analyse this situation.
Any two of social exclusion, limited social mobility, inequality, marginal/deep exclusion, limited access to socially valued resources.
A person with disability has the legal right to work but faces inaccessible workplaces and discriminatory attitudes. What does this demonstrate about social inclusion?
Having a formal right does not necessarily create equal access or equal social outcomes.