Children’s television has become one of the most crowded and competitive markets in the entertainment industry. Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, communication scholars have paid relatively little attention to either the growth or the international scope of children’s television.

Students have four spring breaks during their studies at Ithaca College, and some of them are more memorable than others. For three Park students studying international communications and me, this was one that will be hard to top. We had planned this faculty-student collaborative research trip for five months but did not know what to…