Discusses a study in which eighty children answered six questions regarding comic books and their reading habits in order to determine its effects on their behavior.
Examines the ways in which comics influence child readers to behave violently. Blumberg contends that children absorb the crimes depicted and consequently attempt to mimic them.
Explores the possibility of passive learning through films. the authors consider to what extent films influence one's behaviour and self-identification.
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.
A rebuttal to Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Thrasher criticizes Wertham's methods, and and suggests that he is projecting social frustrations upon comics.
Discusses the anxiety that brings about book burnings. Bolte concludes that book burnings are not helpful, and prevent initiating conversation about complex topics.