動畫中年長者之形象描繪與分析

109年01月03日  

研究生：鄭萬霖

指導教授：陳錦慧 博士

動畫中年長者之形象描繪與分析

The Portrayals of Older Characters in Animated Films

摘要:

全球人口逐漸老化，年長者形象，尤其在媒體的形象，決定我們是否處於一個友善且沒有年齡歧視的社會。當然，因為年齡歧視，媒體有可能根據刻板印象來塑造年長者。本研究使用內容分析法，剖析五部迪士尼與三十六部夢工廠動畫。其研究面向包含：角色年齡、年長者性別、年長者戲份、年長者身體特徵、對年長者的刻版印象。根據研究結果，年長者戲份比起年輕人少，老婦人的戲份尤其最少。雖有戲份，年長者大多飾演配角而非主角。此外， 動畫電影明顯偏愛年輕人而非老人。雖然針對年長者的刻板印象大都算正面，但形象過於正面，不見得是好事，反倒使觀眾對老化及年長者產生不切實際的空想。

關鍵詞:年齡歧視的刻板印象、老人角色、迪士尼與夢工廠動畫電影、內容分析法 

Abstract:

Since the global population is aging, it is essential to delve into the portrayals of older people to realize whether the environment, such as media, is suitable for anyone regardless of age. Once people are cultivated with ageism against older people and aging, it is possible that media might portray older people stereotypically. Therefore, in this thesis, content analysis is used as a research method to analyze the general portrayals of older characters in 5 Disney and 36 Dreamworks animated films, and the examined dimensions include: the age level of older characters, the gender of older characters, the role prominence of older characters, the depicted physical qualities of older characters, and the stereotypes of older characters. According to the research result, older characters are more underrepresented in contrast to younger ones, older women in particular. In addition, older characters are more likely to play minor roles and less likely to play major roles. Furthermore, the idealization of eternal youth is discovered in the films. Although the stereotypes of older characters are positive, the extreme positivity of older characters is not necessarily beneficial to the audiences because viewers might possess unrealistic fantasies about older people owing to the positive stereotypes of older characters.

Keywords: Ageist stereotypes, Older characters, Disney & Dreamworks animated films, Content Analysis