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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 finds that young children have difficulty learning immediately after watching fast-paced television cartoons full of images and activities that are not possible in real life. It's what ...

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 ...

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 ...