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Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Garth S. Jowett
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By (author) Ian C. Jarvie
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By (author) Kathryn H. Fuller
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Series | Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:452 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 151 |
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Category/Genre | Films and cinema |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521041454
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Classifications | Dewey:305.23 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
14 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
6 September 2007 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
An analysis of the first and most comprehensive study of the influence of movies on American youth, the Payne Fund Studies. First published in 1933, these studies are intrinsically important for their insights and conclusions regarding the effects of movies on behaviour. They are, moreover, also an important landmark of modern social science research, demonstrating the rapid evolution of this discipline in American academic institutions over the first three decades of the century. Based on more recently discovered primary sources, whose contents are published here for the first time, this volume also reproduces the long-missing first Payne Fund study in its entirety.
Reviews'A thoroughly worthwhile and instructive re-appraisal of the Payne Fund Studies and their legacy.' Graham McCann, Times Literary Supplement
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