The conditional optimist: Walt Disney's postwar futurism

Huebner, Andrew J.

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“…The fact that stereotypes had many weaknesses besides their positive sides also caused negative criticism in the literature. (Garlin & Sandlin, 2017;Huebner, 2009;Towbin, Haddock, Zimmerman, Lund & Tanner, 2004;Whitley, 2008;;Zurcher & Robinson, 2018).…”

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“…Disney has continued to encourage hope strongly about the issues still considered to be fantastic (idealized contemporary brides, job opportunities, social equality, etc.). Huebner (2009), who has carried out another study about the utopian reality, mentioned that Disney offers conditional optimism. According to him, the message Disney offers is directly proportional to the belief that a dream can be realized.…”

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Stereotype Characters of Disney World within The Context of Values Education

Eren

2023

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Disney, widely regarded as the dominant force in children's media and one of the world's most powerful entities, has always succeeded in attracting attention with the works it produces. In the context of values education, this study tried to uncover the stereotypes that Disney World's key characters reveal. The 2016 films Zootopia, The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland 2/Alice Through the Looking Glass, Finding Dory, The Big Friendly Giant, Pete's Dragon, and Moana provided the data for the document analysis method. The data were submitted to descriptive analysis that emphasized the dominant characteristics of the characters, followed by content analysis that investigated each type of character in depth. According to data collected from 749-minute films and animations, it was established that Disney's principal characters focus on two stereotypes. The first of them was the qualified character, followed by the heavenly character. According to the research findings, even though the qualified characters exhibited exceptional behavior, they were found to have some major flaws. On the other hand, it was revealed that, while possessing superhuman abilities, the divine figures needed humans.

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Stereotype Characters of Disney World within The Context of Values Education

Eren

2023

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“…The work done on “Our Friend the Atom” by Disney attempted to allay fears about nuclear effects and educate the public about technology’s positivity as the nuclear power industry began to rise more dominantly (Halden, 1986 ). Evans ( 2017 ) puts the job of the Walt Disney Company, which had a popular appreciation for the American government, as “a new, relevant, and adventurous advertisement.” It is important to remember that “Our Friend the Atom” was released in the Tomorrowland series, placed as a possible futuristic resource to be used in rocket propulsion, medical treatments, livestock, and agriculture, helping feed a “growing population” (Huebner, 2009 ).…”

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Our Friend the Atom

2021

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In this article, we analyze images from the book “Our Friend the Atom,” written by the astrophysicist Heinz Haber in 1957 and developed in the Disney Science Department. In addition to analyzing the work, we investigate its relevance for science education. After the US attack on two Japanese cities with atomic bombs, there was a severance of opinions on nuclear technologies. On one side, it had an association with the destruction arising from the war. On the other, a narrative highlighted the advantages of using nuclear power for developments that would benefit humanity. Haber and Disney’s book aim to explain how such power works and supports its use for the good, despite the danger of destruction. Our goal is to contextualize the book’s content and its visual imagery and identify aspects to contribute to the science curriculum. We summarized the historical elements of the post-war period and Walt Disney’s entertainment approach and political stance. We discuss how it made a dialogue between a scientific concept and the general public through the book. For the matter of this article, we chose to examine one of the figures in the book, which represents through an illustration how chain reactions work to generate atomic power. For such, we followed a four-step methodology proposed by Silva and Neves Em Aberto , 31(103). ( 2018 ) to achieve an imagery analysis, giving us an understanding of the visual language contained in the book. It considers its visual choices, as shapes and colors, content, relations that involve the image, and interpretation of the picture as a whole by the reader. We came to understand the book’s importance as scientific literacy was achieved through its illustrations, text, and popularity.

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The Possible in the Life and Work of Walt Disney

McVeigh

2022

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible

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The conditional optimist: Walt Disney's postwar futurism

Cited by 6 publications

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Stereotype Characters of Disney World within The Context of Values Education

Stereotype Characters of Disney World within The Context of Values Education

Our Friend the Atom

The Possible in the Life and Work of Walt Disney

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