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What's in the Comics?
Presents the results of examining hundreds of magazines and comic books in order to determine what is in comics that make them so popular with children.
What Adults Think of Comics as Reading for Children
Presents the results of a survey given to adults about what they thought of comic books.
A Study of Leisure Time Reading of Pupils in Junior High School
Discusses a questionnaire given to nearly 700 junior high school students to determine how they liked to spend their leisure time. The results of the survey determined that comic books were the most popular reading choice overall, though fiction was…
The Comics and Their Appeal to the Youth of Today
Kinneman discusses the results of a questionnaire she asked students to fill out. Some of the recorded student responses echo ideas held by anti-comic journalists and psychiatrists.
The Content of Current Comic Magazines
A study set out to determine whether or not the content of comic books is indeed overwhelmingly focused on depictions of crime and horror. Ultimately suggests that this criticism is not valid.
As a Child Redeath so Isn't He: Or, the Perils of Censorship
A high school teacher contests the idea that reading material influences a child's development.
The Comics and Instructional Method
Summarizes a variety of previously conducted studies to explore the potential pedagogical uses of comics.
Atomic Age: Or Comic Age?
Tonsor explains that educators and parents need to do more to counteract the bad influence of comic books and pulp magazines on their children. He provides various suggestions.
The Comics - There They Stand
Discusses the popularity of comic strips and books, as well as some of the ways they have influenced American culture.
Comic Books - The Stories They Offer Children: Words, Like Pictures, are Based on Crime, Superbeing Philosophy: Economist Survey Discloses Low Value of Typical Stories to Children
Features a table that explores questionable content that was present in the twenty comic magazines procured by the Economist. It also includes reader reactions to their campaign.