A Crisis of Innocence

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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.

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Deals with the child's interest in Television as a new medium for storytelling. Discusses the shift from comics (not approved by parents) to TV (a generally approved medium).

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Report on a radio forum on comics and juvenile delinquency. Included a principal, psychiatrist, librarian, PTA member, and dean of the state teacher's college.

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Claims that the blaming of juvenile delinquency on comic books is absurd. Miles notes that radio and film are far more likely to influence children to act violently.
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