Format:
Online-Ressource (233 pages)
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21 cm
Series Statement:
Motion pictures and youth
Content:
Problem and procedure -- Direct influence on delinquency and crime -- Indirect influence on delinquency and crime -- Male sexual delinquency and crime -- Female delinquency -- The deterrent and reformative influence of motion pictures -- Motion pictures and attitudes towards crime -- The social milieu and motion-picture influence -- Motion pictures in correctional and penal institutions -- Summary
Content:
"This series of twelve studies of the influence of motion pictures upon children and youth has been made by the Committee On Educational Research of the Payne Fund at the request of the National Committee for the Study of Social Values in Motion Pictures, now the Motion Picture Research Council. The studies were designed to secure authoritative and impersonal data which would make possible a more complete evaluation of motion pictures and their social potentialities"--Book
Content:
"Motion pictures are not understood by the present generation of adults. They are new; they make an enormous appeal to children; and they present ideas and situations which parents may not like. Consequently when parents think of the welfare of their children who are exposed to these compelling situations, they wonder about the effect of the pictures upon the ideals and behavior of the children. Do the pictures really influence children in any direction? Are their conduct, ideals, and attitudes affected by the movies? Are the scenes which are objectionable to adults understood by children, or at least by very young children? Do children eventually become sophisticated and grow superior to pictures? Are the emotions of children harmfully excited? In short, just what effect do motion pictures have upon children of different ages?"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2015; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2015 dcunns
Language:
English
Author information:
Blumer, Herbert 1900-1987
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