The Effects of Animation on the Socialization of 5-6 Years Old Chinese Children — Finding Dory

Animated films undoubtedly play important roles in Children growth. Disney movie, as a typical American media product, enjoys a growing global popularity and influence the young audience particularly in family values or even in their socialization. Finding Dory is a popular animation among children especially aged 5-6 and it presents children of this age 1. how to face failure and 2. how to balance self-benefit and supporting friends. This paper samples Chinese kids aged from 5-6 with qualitative analysis to reveal the effects of Finding Dory on the socialization of particular aged children. Although the research is limited by children’ language proficiency and parent’s personal guidance, but it definitely set implications on how to make full advantages of those animated movies to pattern socialization for children at this particular age