电影中的狗:地位,代表性,以及犬类角色的测试
1Animal Legal Defense Fund, Portland, OR 97214, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|November 27, 2024
概括
这项研究引入了"狗特征测试",用于分析狗在媒体上的表现. 通过这项测试的电影和电视节目反映了人狗关系的积极转变,并支持对狗福利的法律进步.
科学领域:
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 动物研究 动物研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 流行文化,包括电影和电视,往往反映和延续社会规范和权力结构.
- 对各种形式的不平等的文化态度的转变,包括物种主义,越来越多地反映在媒体的描绘中.
- 媒体中的狗角色为人类家庭中狗的不断变化的法律和文化地位提供了独特的视角.
研究的目的:
- 引入和应用一种新的分析工具,即犬性格测试,用于评估电影和电视中狗的表现.
- 评估媒体对狗的描绘如何影响社会对狗的看法和对其地位的法律考虑.
- 探索媒体代表性与促进动物福利和权利之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 狗性格发展测试使用四个标准:叙述中的角色,代理,语言和动物性.
- 对电影和电视中特定的犬类角色的具体例子应用犬类角色测试.
- 对媒体描绘的定性分析,以确定特征及其含义.
主要成果:
- 成功通过"狗角色测试"的狗角色的肖像表明了关于人狗关系的社会规范的积极演变.
- 分析发现了诸如消失,装饰和奇迹般的狗等有问题的特征,这些特征可能会阻碍积极的表现.
- 通过测试与更大的潜力相关,以支持对狗的法律进步.
结论:
- 狗特征测试为批判性地评估媒体对狗的描述提供了一个有价值的框架.
- 积极的媒体描述可以促进社会态度的转变,并加强狗的法律地位.
- 进一步研究媒体在塑造人类与动物关系中的作用是有必要的.
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