Theories of play
Child development theories -early 50s
Freud.. Skinner.. - Behaviours that were out of the norm children with learning difficulties who hadn't developed properly
Social Development theories- further investigations
Bowbly - Attachment theory
Bandura - Social learning theory
Piaget- Stages of Cognition - thinking and mental processing- active learners once got a little bit of information that children independently learnt for them selves.
Lev Vygotsky- Sociocultural Theory
Culture and emotion
Pyramid of reality and meaning , asked people to choose 3 they were most connected to from that he could predict the type of person you were , what products you are interested in etc
Playful polotics- Reflection of social norms tom and jerry , top cat and yogi bear slumbing it having to steal off the streets etc at the time there was a recession whilst there was rising homelessness etc , spiderman , paddington , magic roundabout
Reflect whats going on in society , having fun taking a dig of whats going on. Duel audience good for kids but also appealed to adults
Sofa Satire- Narratives from events and issues of the time Beefus and but head, baby jessica fell down a man hole whole world press was there they took the mick out of the media and how crazy it is and how we are all influenced by it . Simpsons and Family guy giving social commetry, homer does everything wrong but its taught us lessons of parent hood,
Girl culture all things nice-A Vechile for consumer indoctrination power puff girls, strawberry shortcake , dora the explorer educational so parents backed it
Authoritay - Challenging the status quo and platform for alternative belief systems South Park very outspoken , has a massive effect
Us and them branding- Epitome of emotional attachment and consumer culture Spongebob , Ren and stimpy, Fairy odd parents. Spongebob merman and barnacle boy he wanted everything t-shirts etc and was obsessed with getting the character out of the cereal showing about marketing culture.Ren ad Stimby went over the line and wasn't shown on prime time tv ect whereas sponge bob only slightly touched on cultural issues so it rocketted.
Golems Pre internet and post internet brains - medium is the message
All have a favourite character still now , emotional connection to things
