Essay On Mickey Mouse Monopoly

Current Social Issues, Mickey Mouse Monopoly We are in a constant interaction with the media as it appears in our daily lives; it introduces us to different forms of culture and provides a conglomerate of experiences for members of the society. The influence that it has in our lives is unmeasurable; there is a lot of cognitive process involved in the interaction with the media, from our early ages we are exposed to information provided by the mass media. As part of the mass media directed towards kids, Disney throughout the years, has shaped the imagination of millions of kids all over the globe. The characters of their stories become the models in which kids rely to learn about values and attitudes. One of their movies called “Aladdin” tells the story of a petty thief living in Agrabah who fell in love
As in other Disney movies there is issues concerning race and gender portray in Aladdin, the plot of this film will be analyzed using the “Cooley’s looking glass self” and the “Goffman’s dramaturgy” theories in order to understand what is the vision of the Middle East that Disney is providing to us and specially to children.

Many of the information found in Disney films and TV shows shape children’s vision of the exterior world and their imagination, it also contributes to the build of criteria to determine what is considered to be correct and incorrect. “Aladdin” shows models of behavior and attitudes very drastic and contrasted, we see a thief who steals for the poor and a member of the government who want to obtain absolute power. The model of behavior comes later in the story as the thief; Aladdin becomes a false prince and collaborates in the fight against the grand vizier, Jaffar, who want to get the control of Agrabah; in this sense, the story explores the value of equality and fairness. The critics about this movie are based in the cultural mechanisms portrayed in Aladdin, many of them had