Disney Princess

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and motivates young girls to live happily ever after, but the world of Disney Princesses' focuses on perfection, beauty, and incorporates longstanding stereotypes; its messages and ideas negatively affect the self esteem and growth of young girls and their understanding of gender roles in today's society.

Too much Television

For my essay, it is important to not only look at the impact of Disney films, but also the influence of television viewing as whole. Over the past few decades, watching television seems to have become one of life's essential activities. Back in the day, there was no high definition TVs, high color resolution settings, and many families were satisfied with having a standard black and white television for the whole family. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to not find a source where you can catch watch the latest music videos or Netflix whether you watch via your laptop, iPod, iPad, or television. England, Descartes, and Collier-Meck's discussion of ...

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Family Foundation found that 36 percent of children under 6 live in a house where the TV is on all or almost all of the time; 43 percent of children ages 4 to 6 have a TV in their bedroom. In 2010 the foundation reported that, on average, children ages 8 to 18 consume 10 hours, 45 minutes' worth of screen media content a day," (6). This statistic that Hane uses really makes a powerful impact to the reader by illustrating a big change in today's society with the amount of hours of television kids watch today. Every year, the amount of viewing hours is increased. Looking back at a few years ago, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation Report in 1999, "children watch an average of 2.5 to ...

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