Movies and Conduct

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by  Blumer Herbert.

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MOVIES AND CONDUCT
MOTION PICTURES AND YOUTH
THE PAYNE FUND STUDIES
W. W. CHARTERS, CHAIRMAN
MOTION PICTURESANDYOUTH: ASUMMARY,byW.W.Charters,
Director, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio StateUni-
versity.
Combinedwith
GETTING IDEAS FROMTHE MOVIES, by P. W. Holaday, Indian-
apolis Public Schools, and George D. Stoddard, Director,
IowaChildWelfareResearchStation.
MOTIONPICTURES AND THE SOCIALATTITUDESOFCHILDREN, by
RuthC. Petersonand L. L. Thurstone, DepartmentofPsy-
chology, University ofChicago.
Combinedwith
THESOCIALCONDUCT AND ATTITUDESOFMOVIE FANS,byFrank
K. Shuttleworth and MarkA. May, InstituteofHumanRe-
lations, Yale University.
THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES OF CHILDREN TO THE MOTION
PICTURE SITUATION, by W. S. Dysinger and Christian A.
Ruckmick, Department of Psychology, State University
of Iowa.
Combinedwith
MOTIONPICTURESAND STANDARDS OF MORALITY, by Charles C.
Peters, Professor of Education, Pennsylvania State College.
CHILDREN'S SLEEP, by Samuel Renshaw, Vernon L. Miller, and
Dorothy Marquis, Department of Psychology, Ohio State
University.
MOVIES AND CONDUCT, by Herbert Blumer, Department of So-
ciology, University of Chicago.
THE CONTENT OF MOTION PICTURES, by Edgar Dale, Research
Associate, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State
University.
Combinedwith
CHILDREN'SATTENDANCEAT MOTIONPICTURES, byEdgar Dale.
MOVIES, DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME, by Herbert Blumer and
Philip M. Hauser, Department of Sociology, University of
Chicago.
BOYS, MOVIES, AND CITY STREETS, by Paul G. Cressey and
Frederick M. Thrasher, New York University.
How TO APPRECIATE MOTION PICTURES, by Edgar Dale, Re-
search Associate, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio
State University.
MOVIES AND CONDUCT
HERBERT BLUMER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OP SOCIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1933
THIS SERIES OF TWELVE STUDIES OF THE
INFLUENCE OF MOTION PICTURES UPON
CHILDRENAND YOUTH HASBEENMADEBY
THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL RE-
SEARCH OF THE PAYNE FUND AT THE RE-
QUEST OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR
THE STUDY OF SOCIAL VALUES IN MOTION
PICTURES, NOW THE MOTION PICTURE RE-
SEARCH COUNCIL, 366 MADISON AVENUE,
NEW YORK CITY. THE STUDIES WERE DE-
SIGNED TO SECURE AUTHORITATIVE AND
IMPERSONAL DATA WHICH WOULD MAKE
POSSIBLE A MORE COMPLETE EVALUATION
OF MOTION PICTURES AND THEIR SOCIAL
POTENTIALITIES
COPYRIGHT, 1933,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
All rights reserved no part of this book may be re-
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to quote brief passages in connection with a review
written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper.
Setupandprintedfromtype. PublishedNovember, 1933.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
RICHARD GEORGE BLUMER,
FATHER AND FRIEND