Construction of Australian morality through animation

"We are an observation of the atmosphere we live in" (Darwin 1859) Since the inception of computer aided graphics and technological advancements, animation has taken a powerful role within society. Dr James Stamoolis, professor in sociology at Trinity College argues that 'Our society is shaped by media images,'. With animation accounting for fifteen billion dollar of the entertainment industry it is arguably becoming the most powerful forms of media representation. It is a Freudian belief …

…to take up the spirited goodness of man kind. Antz and the Lion King, are subject to the western worlds culture and its subsequent code of ethics. In 1859, Darwin believed that based on biology "We are an observation of the atmosphere we live in". Animation is indeed an observation of the moral undertakings of mankind and is a form of media, that is influencing the ethics and morals of the 21st Century more than ever.