Henry James Forman
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Henry James Forman was an author famous for his 1933 book Our Movie Made Children
, which was a summary of the Payne Fund Studies
. The book has been described as an "alarmist tome", and was responsible for publicizing the study's more negative results.
Our Movie Made Children
Our Movie Made Children was written by Henry James Forman and published in 1935. Commissioned by W.W. Charters, the Chairman of the Committee on Educational Research of the Payne Fund, Forman was "entrusted the task of preparing a popular summary" of the conclusions found by the various scholars...
, which was a summary of the Payne Fund Studies
Payne Fund Studies
The Payne Fund Studies were a series of studies of the effect of movies on children's behavior. They were paid for by The Payne Fund, a private foundation. They have been criticized as lacking scientific rigor but were the first attempt to rigorously study the media. They were politically...
. The book has been described as an "alarmist tome", and was responsible for publicizing the study's more negative results.
Sources
- Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New York: Columbia University Press 1999. ISBN 0-231-11094-4
- Jowett, Garth S., Jarvie, Ian C., and Fuller, Kathryn H. Children and the movies: media influence and the Payne Fund controversy. Cambridge University Press 1996 ISBN 0521482925
- Massey, Anne. Hollywood Beyond the Screen: Design and Material Culture. Berg Publishers 2000 ISBN 1859733166