![]() ![]() Results are discussed in terms of their potential for gendered motivations emphasized in popular entertainment media to shed light on (a) how motivations for different genders are valued by content curators and (b) what motivations male or female audiences of this content would be expected to value after viewing. Results revealed that (1) main male characters exemplified authority, security, and hedonism most often, whereas main female characters exemplified care, autonomy, and relatedness most often, (2) programming recommended for boys featured more portrayals of the authority and security motivations, whereas programming recommended for girls featured comparatively more portrayals of care, fairness, autonomy, and relatedness, and (3) main characters across socially-educational television programs were more likely to be women/girls than men/boys. Specifically, the current study content analyzed 147 children’s television episodes to assess whether main characters were (a) male or female and (b) primarily motivated by one of 11 altruistic or egoistic motivations. Stupid Hollywood wants to teach your kids the wrong thing. The movie is cute except for the swearing (only about 3 times) and the permiscuous sex. ![]() Boss Baby is adorable in his severity - contrasted sharply with his bottle-toting, back-flap pants-wearing physical image. I thought this would be good for my kids on a Sunday night. Our review: Parents say ( 25 ): Kids say ( 48 ): This series follow-up to the popular movie is alternately laugh-out-loud funny and heartwarming, thanks to spot-on writing that casts the two brothers as polar opposites. Whats scary for one kid is another kids biggest. 13 yr-old boy drops f-bomb and has permiscuous sex with 30 yr-old woman. Teen characters get high on marijuana and drink alcohol as well.Guided by previous work investigating media as a socializing agent for individuals’ expectations about gender roles in society and the model of intuitive motivation and exemplars, the present study investigated the extent to which television programing recommended as socially educational by Common Sense Media depicts male and female characters with certain altruistic (i.e., other-focused) and egoistic (i.e., self-focused) motivations for behavior. We aim to inform, educate, and guide families so they better understand what kids can handle at every age. This movie is from a time when cigarette smoking was still widely viewed as part of a cultivated "cool guy" image, and that look is embraced right from the opening scene. Because the young hero is played by good-guy star Tom Cruise, and because his character escapes punishment in the end, young viewers might interpret this as an endorsement, not a subversive satire. ![]() It has sex (both in comical fantasy scenes and reality), full-frontal female nudity, profanity (including "f-k"), glorified substance abuse, and an especially jaundiced outlook: A teen embarks on the road to manhood by becoming a part-time pimp, and the message is that in modern America, that's a wise move, financially and socially. Its an adventure in which a misguided stork delivers a baby panda to the wrong house in the wrong neighborhood. Read The Boss Baby: Back in Business reviews from parents on Common Sense Media. The Big D TV Review Common Sense Media Parents' Guide to The Big D By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer age 15+ Crude divorce reality has drinking, disturbing behavior. ![]() Building a world that works for kids is a big job and requires many members and more importantly, different kinds of members. Big Business Muscles into Schools, The Age, September 17, 2016. Common Sense Media is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and an independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. Parents need to know that Risky Business is a dark 1983 teen sex comedy that launched the career of Tom Cruise. Parents need to know that The Big Trip is a Russian animated film for kids, adapted for English-speaking audiences using American actors. Tim Kasser, The High Price of Materialism (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2002). ![]()
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