Psychological analysis of modern animated cartoon products and their impact on children’s mental development

Abstract

The article gives theoretical overview on the problem of animated cartoons impact on the children’s mental development and personality formation. Psychological mechanisms of modern television affecting human mental health are analyzed. The article includes the program of children’s cartoons’ psychological analysis, which is based on the following criteria: cartoon external design; psychological analysis of the main characters; analysis of the leading values, communicated by the cartoon; overall emotional condition, induced by the cartoon; impact of the cartoon on the development of children’s intellectual sphere; general psychological conclusion on the cartoon; general pedagogical conclusion on the cartoon; general psychological-pedagogical evaluation of the cartoon. The abovementioned criteria of cartoon psychological analysis have been differentiated and given grounds from the scientific point of view. The program represented enables structural analysis of animated cartoons, and aims at defining its impact on different aspects of children’s mental health; hence it can be applied by psychologists, pedagogues, parents, when selecting cartoons which are most favorable for children’s mental development.

Keywords

• impact of television on mental health; psychological characteristics of the early age
• facilitating television products effect; criteria of the cartoons’ psychological analysis