A Crisis of Innocence

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A review of Wertham's The Seduction of the Innocent. Warshow agrees with some of the things put forth by Wertham, and voices his hope that Wertham succeeds in his call to ban crime comics.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
A symposium held by Fredric Wertham with contributions from numerous authors that goes to great lengths to condemn comic books.

Security Through Book Burning.pdf
Discusses the anxiety that brings about book burnings. Bolte concludes that book burnings are not helpful, and prevent initiating conversation about complex topics.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
A comprehensive outline of Dr. Fredric Wertham's work.

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.

Frank - What's in the Comics.pdf
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.

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.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
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.

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

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
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.
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