Watts Andrew, Loloi Justin, Lessner Kaila, Mizell Marina, Shoemaker Katherine, King Tonya S, Olympia Robert
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Internal Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Feb 1;12(2):e6844. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6844.
Films continue to be a popular form of entertainment amongst children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to determine the most common themes depicted in a select number of rated-R films released 2012-2017.
A total of 25 films were independently viewed and analyzed by five reviewers.
The most common positive themes were "encouragement", "helping others", "teamwork", "compassion", and "honesty" (2.3, 1.7, 1.7, 1.6, 1.4 mean events per hour, respectively). The most common negative themes were "use of inappropriate language", "use of a lethal weapon", "physical fighting", "dishonesty", and "demonstrating excessive anger" (8.9, 4.4, 3.4, 2.3, 2.2 mean events per hour, respectively).
The most common positive themes in our sample were associated with service, collaboration, and honesty/humility, and the most common negative themes were associated with violence. We encourage co-viewing and active mediation, focusing on the themes found in films, as a method to guide children through their development process.
电影仍然是儿童和青少年中一种受欢迎的娱乐形式。本研究的目的是确定2012年至2017年发行的若干R级电影中描绘的最常见主题。
五位评审员独立观看并分析了总共25部电影。
最常见的积极主题是“鼓励”、“帮助他人”、“团队合作”、“同情”和“诚实”（每小时平均出现次数分别为2.3、1.7、1.7、1.6、1.4）。最常见的消极主题是“使用不当语言”、“使用致命武器”、“肢体打斗”、“不诚实”和“表现出过度愤怒”（每小时平均出现次数分别为8.9、4.4、3.4、2.3、2.2）。
我们样本中最常见的积极主题与服务、合作以及诚实/谦逊相关，最常见的消极主题与暴力相关。我们鼓励共同观看并进行积极调解，关注电影中出现的主题，以此作为引导儿童成长过程的一种方法。
