John MacGibbon

Jan 18, 2024 | retroreport.org | Joshua Fisher |John MacGibbon |Sandra McDaniel |Sianne Garlick

Introduction The question of whether ideas expressed in popular culture can be harmful to children has a history stretching back to Plato and Aristotle. In the 1950s, concern about crime, sex and horror in comic books led to strict limits under the Comics Code Authority. Then in the 1980s, a well-connected group of parents raised alarms over sex, drugs and violence in rock lyrics, and the music industry responded with warning labels.