Generation Barney: Love 2 Hate

About this episode

The episode explores the cultural backlash against Barney and what it reveals about identity and societal reactions to children's media.

Kids all over the world loved Barney. But even though Barney loved everybody, not everybody loved him back. Some parents found the character pretty annoying. Other grown-ups took things a step further. In some cases, the Barney backlash even got violent. That extreme reaction from adults? It can tell us a bit about our culture today — and how much our identities can get wrapped up in the things we love and hate.

Topics covered

• Barney
• cultural backlash
• identity
• children's television
• parental reactions

Keywords

• Barney
• cultural backlash
• children's television
• identity
• parental reactions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Barney

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