SHS Web of Conferences (Jan 2023)

An investigation into the causes of science fiction animation influencing young people’s awareness of science and technology based on the DIMT model - Love, Death and Robots as an example

  • Liu Xinrui,
  • Yang Jiawen,
  • Zhao Xinran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202315902018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 159
p. 02018

Abstract

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As a medium, science fiction animation has a special significance for the construction of science and technology awareness among youth. As the science fiction animation market is booming and popular among young people, it is more and more urgent to explore ways to improve the impact of science fiction animation. This research report analyzes the science fiction symbolic landscape presented by the animation through the questionnaire analysis and interviews of Love, Death and Robots, and explores the meaning construction of the science fiction symbols in the animation and the dissemination path of the scientific spirit kernel, in order to explore the law of its construction of science and technology consciousness for young people, with a view to providing some reference for the innovative development of science fiction animation in China in the future.