THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCALE ON THE EFFECT OF ANIMATED CARTOONS TO THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Cover Image

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCALE ON THE EFFECT OF ANIMATED CARTOONS TO THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Author(s): Özcan Demir, Ahmet Atan, Yücel Gelişli
Subject(s): Media studies, Visual Arts, School education, Educational Psychology, Social Theory, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Education
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Cartoon; cinema; mass communication; television; graphics education;

Summary/Abstract: The effect of media content to the socialization process of children is a major subject of communication studies. Cartoons are one of the most watched contents of television among children. In this study it is aimed to develop the scale about the effects of cartoons telecast on Turkish televisions to the socialization process of elementary school students in Turkey. The content of the scale is focused on determining the role of cartoons in socialization process of children compared to other factors. The research is a descriptive study. 10-12 years of age group students in elementary schools in 9 counties within the borders of the Ankara city Metropolitan Municipality made up the research population. In the scale development stage, the application was made with 572 students in the scope of Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and with 350 students for Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The scale was prepared to determine the relationship between cartoons and socialization in the research scope and applied to 150 students. As a result of the explanatory Factor Analysis it is concluded that the scale has a structure of 35 items with 2 factors. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) verified the two factors structure of the scale. The fit indices were found as χ2=1770.02, X2/sd= 3.17, RMSEA=0,079, CFI=0.94, NNFI=0.94 and NFI=0.91.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 214-230
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish