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cartoons (TV)  

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  • Animated cartoons have been a dominant form of children's television programming since the mid-1960s. In keeping with broader concerns about media targeting young people, researchers and policy makers have focused sustained attention on violent content and promotion of consumerism in television cartoons. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media; Children's Programming: Cartoons]

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