Has anyone ever studied why children prefer cartoons to pictures… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 170

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Has anyone ever studied why children prefer cartoons to pictures? The cartoon has very low quality and very little information, whereas the picture is loaded with information. Children don’t like that.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 170

Quote #885

Year: 1967

Chapters: Cartoons, Comics | Hot & Cool

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