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유아 대상 비디오에서 캐릭터의 ‘상징적 의미전달’

The ‘social meaningfulness’ design for toddler video

디지털디자인학연구
약어 : KDDA
2014 vol.14, no.1, pp.775 - 784
DOI : 10.17280/jdd.2014.14.1.076
발행기관 : 한국디지털디자인학회
연구분야 : 디자인
Copyright © 한국디지털디자인학회
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국내 유아 대상 영상물의 비약적인 발전과 함께 유아 대상 비디오의 교육적 효과에 대한 기대 또한 커지고 있음에도 불구하고 국내에서는 유아의 발달 단계에 기반한 유아 대상 애니메이션 개발 및 연구가 미흡하다. 일정 연령에서 비디오 매체를 통한 교육에 저항이 나타난다는 Video deficit 현상은 이미 오래 전부터 해외에서 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔으며 최근 이를 극복하는 여러 연출 이론들이 대두되고 있다. 그 중 하나가 ‘사회적 관련성(social relevance)’과 ‘상징적 의미전달(social meaningfulness)’이 있다. 본 논문은 Video deficit에 관한 이론과 이를 극복하고자 하는 실험 과정을 정리하고 그 중 상징적 의미전달에 관한 이론적 배경과 여기서 한 단계 더 나아가 주목성, 흥미도, 친근감, 호감도 4가지 질문영역을 통해 디자인의 완성도, 유아의 개인적 경험, 사회적으로 부여된 이미지 등 ‘상징적 의미전달’의 공통적 패턴을 분석하였다. 유아들은 처음 접하는 캐릭터들에서도 4가지 질문영역에서 공통적으로 강하게 의미전달된 캐릭터가 있었으며 이에 따른 패턴을 찾아볼 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 유아들의 인지 발달과 효과적 학습 효과에 관한 연구를 기반으로 한 디자인 연출의 중요성을 부각하고자 한다.

Not only a rapid growth of baby videos in domestic market but also toddlers’ exposure to screen media is inevitable in recent environment. In addition, parents increasingly expect baby videos to have an educational function. However, there is a lack of research and development of age appropriate animation programs. The video deficit phenomenon, whereby infants and toddlers of certain ages show resistance to learning through video media, has been a longstanding topic of research internationally, and various theories have recently come to the fore to overcome this deficit (e.g., social relevance theory and social meaningfulness theory). This paper introduces background studies of the social meaningfulness theory and further its study by dividing 4 questionaries (e.g., attention, amusement, affection, amiable) to conveying result patterns of well design aspect, personal experiences of toddlers and socially relevant imageries for this socal meaningfulness theory. The present study aims to analyze the gap between the intentions underlying character design and the perceptions of toddlers and to highlight the importance of designing animations appropriate for cognitive development.

Video Deficit, Social Meaningfulness, Toddler Video

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