Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy

by Kathryn H. Fuller, Ian C. Jarvie, Garth S. Jowett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521041457
• ISBN13: 9780521041454
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"