The research aims at determine the gender and the features of the characters in
children’s programs on CN. We chose an analytical descriptive approach that relies on
content analysis as a research tool.To achieve that a content analysis form was ap
plied on a
sample of (295) programs. Results were as following:
1- The most common subjects in CN programs were the social subjects, and the
fiction subjects.
2- The most common language was the classical Arabic.
3- Most programs on CN were foreign.
4- The most common gender was the male relatively (%53.81).
5- the most common features of male characters were: the fashionable look, happy
and joy, strong and supernatural power.
6 - The most common features of female characterswere: the fashionable look, happy
and joy, the self-confidence.
