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POPULAR CULTURE IN 1950’S
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What new forms of media became available after WW II?
TELEVISION
• Combined pictures and sound to broadcast to wide audiences.
NETWORKS
• Showed same programs on stations across the whole country.
• ABC, NBC, CBS.
INDEPENDENT STATIONS
• Not part of any network.• Example: WGN of Chicago.
PROGRAMMING
• COMEDIES- laughter• DRAMA- serious• NEWS- information to public.
RABBIT EARS
• Name for the antennae needed to pick up the broadcast signal.
• No cable or satellite available.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
• Grant broadcast licenses for TV, radio.• Regulate content (no profanity, porn, etc.).• Use TV, radio to communicate emergencies.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What else became popular in the 1950’s?
FADS
• Popular for a short amount of time.• Hula Hoops, Silly Putty, Whiffle Balls.
POP ART
• Making references to popular commercials, movies, actors, etc.
ROCK N’ ROLL
• Form of music based on traditional blues.
ELVIS PRESLEY
• Made rock n’ roll popular to wide audiences.
CHUCK BERRY
• Helped make electric guitar popular.
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
• TV show broadcast (R’nR) to wide audiences.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What were other parts of popular culture in America in 1950’s?
CONSUMERISM
• Desire to have the latest electronics, cars, fads, clothing, etc.
CONFORMITY
• The desire to be like everybody else.
CREDIT CARDS
• Allowed people to make purchases without cash or checks.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What were some Americans who went against consumerism and fads?
SUBCULTURES
• Smaller cultures found in a larger society.• COUNTERCULTURE- intentionally tries to go
against the MAINSTREAM CULTURE.
BEATNIKS
• Subculture of 1950’s, embraced distinct clothing, jazz and drug use.