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The Russell B. Nye Popular Culture Collection

Since my last journal entry discussed the methodology used to assess violence in Batman Comic books. This entry will elaborate on where the majority of my qualitative research was conducted for those of you interested in conducting research related to popular culture. This discussion is also included in my Thesis under Appendix B. Obviously it would be difficult for a researcher to obtain every Batman comic book published between 1940-2000. Some of the older Batman comics are so rare and ex
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Chapter III: Methods

Sorry for the length of time between journal entries. This is Chapter III of my Master's Thesis which will discuss the methods used to test my hypothesis of violence in comic books as outlined in Chapter II. Research Design In order to determine if the portrayal of violence in comic books has changed over the past 60 years, this thesis will employ content analysis. The time design is a longitudinal trend analysis comparing representative samples of comic book stories from three distin
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Chapter II: Review of the Literature--History of Comic Books--

This journal entry is a conclusion to complete Chapter II of my master's thesis which i began in my journal entry last week.   Enjoy!!!History of Comic BooksComics are a vehicle for traveling into the American past. During the 1940's super hero comic books focused largely on WWII as the major theme of their stories. During the 1950's, super hero comic books changed their theme and for the most part they focused primarily on crime and twarting the communist regime. In the 1960's and 1970's,
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Chapter II: Review of the Literature

Lets delve into a lterature review of the different types of media violence, focusing on comics. This is chapter II of my Master's Thesis. Violence and the Media In recent years, social researchers have scrutinized various forms of mass media entertainment violence. This includes the film industry, video games, television entertainment programs, television news, television commercials, comics books and music. Comic Book Violence During the 1950's, Dr. Fredric Wertham's book, Seduction
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Chapter I: Introduction

Statement of the Problem, Conceptual Definitions, Implications of the Research/Summary Chapter I: Introduction Virtually all forms of media violence have come under close scrutiny. Many media entertainment industries have had to devise a self-regulating system or face criticism from the public and run the risk of external regulation by the government. This scrutiny of media entertainment includes most prominently the film industry, television, video games, comic books and music. The topi
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Were Batman Comic Books More Violent During the Golden, Silver or Modern Age?

This is what an obsession for comic book collecting will do to a man! Not to mention the desire to test a hypothesis. Over the next few weeks I will be revising my Master's Thesis, chapter by chapter. Originally published in December 2003, I will make revisions to better fit the audience of the CGC journal entries rather than that of the original scholarly audience. Hopefully, readers will be able to enjoy and share the journey I had while conducting and collecting research on my thesis as
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Comic Book Movies May Create Backlog In Grading

Watchmen & Wolverine Books Are Hot As Hollywood delves deeper in the great world of comic books to create movies from the white pages of our favorite superheroes, i would imagine CGC is receiving a backlog of books for grading. Most likely, collectors are attempting to cash in on the movies and sending books to CGC for grading. Unfortunately, there are always people waiting to try and take advantage and make a quick buck. As diligent collectors in the hobby, we should be grateful at
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