Abstract This study investigates changes in children’s environmental conceptions through their experience with the eco-animation WALL-E. The study uses an analytical framework informed by Social Representations Theory, accompanied with a word association approach to collect data. A total of 84 children (35 nine-year olds and 49 twelve-year olds) participated in the study. The animation reinforced both the idea of a polluted planet and the idea of the planet as an agent of life. The 9-year old participants expressed a more relational view of humans and nature than the 12-year olds. The process of anchoring new information to preexisting conceptual frameworks and the environmental views promoted through education are discussed as possible explanations of the ways participants interpret and assimilate environmental messages communicated by eco-animations.

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生态动画对九、十二岁儿童环境观念的影响：瓦力如何改变年轻观众对地球和环境保护的看法

摘要 本研究通过儿童对生态动画WALL-E 的体验来调查他们的环境观念的变化。该研究使用社会表征理论提供的分析框架，并辅以单词关联方法来收集数据。共有 84 名儿童（35 名 9 岁儿童和 49 名 12 岁儿童）参与了这项研究。动画强化了受污染行星的想法和行星作为生命代理人的想法。与 12 岁的孩子相比，9 岁的参与者表达了对人与自然更相关的看法。