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Tom and Jerry Projecting Violence in Slapstick Comedy: A Qualitative Content Analysis
Md Mohiul Islam1, Hamedi Mohd Adnan2, Mohd Amir Mat Omar3, Nilufa Akter4.
This study provides a categorized list of actions that have been termed as violent ones in the famous cartoon Tom and Jerry which has already celebrated its Platinum Jubilee with a lot of allegations for displaying violence. The never-ending rivalry between the cat and the mouse with the slapstick comedy has created some controversies regarding its contents; violence has made the scholars and critics talk about it and its possible impacts on the audience. Apart from lamenting for the impacts of violence on the juveniles’ mind, this study rather focuses on how Tom and Jerry projects violence alongside the slapstick comic elements in the name of entertainment, since it is significant to discern what violence is and then categorize them into different types, as different categories of violence may have impacts on the audience in different ways. By defining the term violence, this study shows how Tom and Jerry display the actions which can be the ribs and stretchers of the umbrella known as violence. Whereas most of the scholars concentrate on the outcome of showing violence among the different programs in media, this study categorizes the actions performed by the characters in the cartoon into different categories through a qualitative content analysis method and defines those actions according to the definitions of violence. Defining the actions as violence, this study presents a list of classifications of the violence that Tom and Jerry has been displaying as a slapstick comedy.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Malaya 51603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaya 51603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaya 51603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
- City University (Bangladesh), Bangladesh
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