Children's television is studded with violence, much of it darker and more realistic than when an anvil dropped on Wile E. Coyote's head, a watchdog group reported on Thursday. The Parents Television ...

Study is in 'Criminal Justice Review' Lisa Kort-Butler says cartoons 'abandon ideals such as rehabilitation' Sociologist suggests parents encourage children to think beyond cartoons H oly hoodwink, ...

The same marketing tactics used to sell sugary cereal and junk food to children could just as effectively sway youngsters to want more fruit and vegetables, a recent study suggests. Researchers from ...

LOS ANGELES (August 16, 2011) — Today, the Parents Television Council released the results of its latest study, “Cartoons Are No Laughing Matter,” documenting shocking levels of adult content on ...

A new national study commissioned by TELETOON Retro counters the common perception of cartoons as parent substitutes and reveals cartoons support bonding, well-being and memory-building for families ...

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in ...

A new study from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, concluded that the incidence of vaping among young people is rising because of advertising for e-cigarettes using ...

A study published today in the medical journal Pediatrics has concluded that preschool-aged children who watch fast-paced TV cartoons performed significantly worse on executive function (like ...

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Washington: E-cigarette and e-liquid advertisements that feature cartoons attract more young people to nicotine products, a new study reveals. The study published in the journal 'Drug and Alcohol ...

Like the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes in the 1980s and 90s, the use of cartoon characters in ads for e-cigarettes and e-liquids may be attracting young people to the ...