Garth Jowett
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Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy analyzes the first and most comprehensive investigation of the influence of movies on American youth, the Payne Fund Studies. First published in 1933, these studies are important for their insights and conclusions regarding the effects of movies on behavior. They are, moreover, a landmark of modern social science research, demonstrating the rapid evolution of this discipline in...
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Takes a novel approach to the study of the movies, viewing them as a process of mass communication. Looking first at the economic determinants of the movie industry, then the sociological, psychological, and even political aspects of film, the authors examine the role of the movies in our culture and their possible future in the light of the new technologies. ' ... through this book Jowett and Linton have made an outstanding contribution to the study...