A Crisis of Innocence

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Friedman - I Let My Pupils Bring Funny Books to Class.pdf
A junior high teacher poses a series of questions to his students regarding their comic book preferences and purchasing habits. Some of their answers are included here.

Cohen - The Delinquents, Censorship and Youth Culture in Recent US History.pdf
A contemporary analysis of censorship and the fears of youth rebellion in the 1950s.

Comic Books, A Teacher's Analysis - Burton.pdf
Burton considers how educators can encourage their students to read books other than comics by utilizing "transition books" that carry similar appeal as comics.

Zorbaugh - What Adults Think of Comics as Reading for Children.pdf
Presents the results of a survey given to adults about what they thought of comic books.

Bender - The Psychology of Children's Reading and the Comics.pdf
An exploration of fantasy and childhood psychological development.

Journal Of Abnormal Social Psychology 1957.pdf
Explores the possibility of passive learning through films. the authors consider to what extent films influence one's behaviour and self-identification.

Thrasher - The Comics and Delinquency.pdf
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.

Orsborn - Assessing Menace Values.pdf
A 9th Grade panel discusses the merits and shortfalls of comic books. They list 10 points about comics, tv, and radio that could be helpful because they were conceived by young people.

Journal Of Pediatrics 1953.pdf
Bakwin takes a positive stance on the value of comic books, both in terms of their educational potential and their escapism.
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