TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Unwanted personal contact and risky situations in ten disney animated feature films JO - Child abuse review A1 - Hovdestad, Wendy E. A1 - Hubka, David A1 - Tonmyr, Lil SP - 111 EP - 126 VL - 18 IS - 2 N2 - The relationships between child maltreatment and the media have been examined in several recent papers. In the authors' previous work representations of neglect, and physical and emotional (but not sexual) child abuse were found in a content analysis of 45 Disney films released from 1937–2006. (Two additional Disney films, released in 2007, are included in the present analysis.) While conducting the content analysis the authors noted unexpected content in ten films. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of depictions of unwanted personal contact and situations that suggest risk due to unsupervised contact with malevolent or questionable strangers. These depictions are described and analyzed, their potential influences on child audiences are discussed, and implications for new research directions are suggested. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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