In a Criminal Justice Review study released online on Friday, University of Nebraska sociologist Lisa Kort-Butler takes a close look at cartoon TV shows, Batman: The Animated Series (which ran ...

The first is that what they mean by "the cartoons that kids today are watching the most" is, more specifically, "the highest-rated primetime animated cable shows among children ages 12-17." ...

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Children's cartoons, often seen as innocent films about royalty and furry animals, are "rife with on-screen death and murder," a new study finds. The significant characters in kids' animated films ...

The study looked at how well the children that watched the shows paid attention after the fact. Listen to Mike Pintek every weekday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on NewsRadio 1020 KDKA!

Cartoon Network undertook the study as part of its multi-territory, multi-language climate change awareness campaign, Climate Champions, which launched across EMEA on June 1.

Six weeks later, the study found, the gains the program viewers had made in expanding their oral vocabulary skills and in reading and recognizing words significantly outstripped those of their ...