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Freire-Sánchez, AlfonsoAuthorLópez-González, JesúsAuthorLopez-Ros, Sergio RodriguezAuthor

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July 20, 2024
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Intergenerational differences in the cultural imaginary of the IA associated with the narrative and iconicity of animated films for children and young people

Publicated to: Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social. 83 (83): - 2025-01-01 83(83), DOI: 10.4185/rlcs-2025-2303

Authors:

Sanchez, Alfonso Freire; Lopez-Gonzalez, Jesus; Lopez-Ros, Sergio Rodriguez
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Univ Abat Oliba CEU, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Seville, Seville, Spain - Author

Abstract

Introduction: The Trust in Artificial Intelligence: a global study (Gillespie et al., , 2023) reflects a bias in the perception of AI among Baby Boomers and Generation X with respect to Millennials and Generation Z. What is the reason for this intergenerational gap? Socio-cultural and contextual elements play a role, as well as the transfer of values that shape the collective Western imaginary to the new generations through the audiovisual media. This cinematographic imaginary is characterized, in part, by scientific determinism and capital arguments related to AI such as the rebellion of machines, otherness and the construction of apocalyptic dystopias. Methodology: Combining the inductive hermeneutic method with film discourse analysis, common patterns are identified in the different socio-cultural narratives. The corpus has been concretized in the 20 highest rated films (IMDB, July 2023) with presence of AI and its application to robotics in animated cinema aimed at children's audiences. Results: The results position animated films for children and young people far from posthumanism and the themes of human vs. machine or the myth of Prometheus. Likewise, the figure of the intelligent robot in children's films assumes the role of friend, mentor or hero. Discussion and Conclusions: Therefore, Generation Z imaginaries are not characterized by an AI that poses a danger, nor the end of the human species or its replacement, but symbolize hope, heroism or companionship. Elements that, according to the discussion of the results, have contributed to widening the gap between generations with respect to the cultural imaginary about AI applied to robotics.
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Keywords

Animated cinemaAnimated filmsArtificial intelligenceCinematographic imageryCinematographic imaginaryRobotsScientific determinismSocio cultural narrativeSociocultural narratives

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 45/227, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Communication.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-02:

  • Scopus: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 32.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 25 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 10.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Freire Sánchez, Alfonso) and Last Author (Rodriguez López-Ros, Sergi).

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