The first of four case study posts about my presentation for Western States Folklore Society’s Annual Meeting in April 2018. Introduced here, the presentation was titled Princess and the Letter P: Fairy Tales and Edutainment in Preschool Television. The other case studies can be found here. Read more... “Edutainment Strategies: Sesame Street’s Story Book Community School”
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Preschool Edutainment and Fairy Tales: The Groundwork
My last big project was about fairy tale mashup episodes in children’s television, and took a large-scale data approach. In choosing a new research topic, I remained interested in the phenomenon that, currently, fairy tales are marketed as “kid stuff.” Read more... “Preschool Edutainment and Fairy Tales: The Groundwork”