Develop imagination and creativityAt children that watch TV

Article #1

Gotz, M., Lemish, D Amy Aidman.& Moon, H. (2003)

The role of media in children's make-believe worlds

Traces of media in children make believe stories

Article #2

Neuss, N. (2003).

Gaps for fantasy in children's films - Television and the aesthetic of reception

Does children's films leave "gaps" for fantasy?

NUESS

1. Specific words and sentences used in television and films invite the person to “another time and imaginary space” so imagination is required.

2. Television shows children new story and events that they never experienced before.

3. Sounds can stimulate fantasy.

4. Metaphors are used. To understand it one has to use imagination

5. TV uses symbols that need interpreting so imagination is used

the "grounded theory" approach

THE GIRLS Sayed …Television's significant role for the make-believe worlds of children should not be underestimated. It can be used to promote fantasy if children and their parents are able to contend with its contents, viewing duration and discussion of the television traces in a competent and literate way and if producers are aware of their responsibility, do not exploit children but take them and their diverse characteristics and needs seriously, and join hands in supporting their healthy growth.

THE GAP THEORY

The gap theory :parts of the story that are not told but the visual images

fill the gaps for the viewer

NUESS SAYED …

The gap theory is based on the fact that in everymovie there is a gap in time throughout the plot.These gaps allow the child to imagine. The gap theoryargues that there are parts of the story that are nottold but the visual images fill the gaps for the viewer,which is called "aesthetic of reception".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Qnbfe3cGE

Both research's saYed that its hard to say..

What’s on children

mind?

NUESS

It’s difficult to estimate the subjective interpretation in the recipient particularly among children.

THE GIRLS

Fantasy is a very intimate thing… children (and also grown-ups) do not tend to share the information on adult imaginary world.

THE GIRLS

Children are not aware of their

fantasy world and the factors that shape it.

THE GIRLS

Children don’t know the words that can describe their imaginary world

Both studies are based on children's drawings

What’s on children

mind?

NUESS

The child's individual statements made during the interview - the subjective meaning perspective having been understood

Both studies found traces media of the child's imaginary world

What’s on children

mind?

NUESS

“not only images but also the sounds can be abstract and stimulate fantasy”

THE GIRLS SAYED…

The connections between the make-believe worlds and the media vary in intensity. They range from dream worlds that seem to stem entirely from a media experience to those that reveal no direct traces whatsoever

Both article's claims that Children view images differently than adults

. children interpret the

images differently.

What is seen on television is used as an inspiration for the child’s own fantasy

Both articles discuss the meaning of visual symbols to inspire children's imagination

The gap theory argues that the symbols help fill the gaps in the plot.

NUESS SAYED…

For example, in the movie "Lion king" the use of sun rays in order to interpret the metaphor: "sun of my reign".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joh3iR_l82o