1945-61

Question 1

In 1949 how many households had televisions

Answer 1

2.3%

Question 2

In 1954 how many households had televisions

Answer 2

55.7%

Question 3

In 1962 how many households had televisions

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

What did polls reveal in 1960s

Answer 4

Television as the favourable leisure activity for over half of Americans in 1960s

Question 5

tv show that could be said promoted conformity

Answer 5

1950s family sitcom “Father Knows Best”

Question 6

What was blamed on tv (4)

Answer 6

• decline in educational test scores
• newspapers lost sales
• violence and crime
• viewers being physically inactive/ mentally passive

Question 7

How did tv impact politics (3)

Answer 7

-ads brought attention
-gave special interest donors more political influence
-BENEFITED telegenic campaigners

Question 8

Praise for television (3)

Answer 8

-Cheap entertainment
-develop a national culture; decreasing provincialism
-broadcast of some thoughtful programmes (e.g. the series See It Now demonstrated McCarthy’s inconsistencies)

Question 9

Broadcast news significant events (3)

Answer 9

McCarty hearings
-Little Rock
-White Sympathy

Question 10

Anti-communist films

Answer 10

My Son John (1952)

Question 11

rock’n’roll

Answer 11

‘teenage music’
-people feared its impact on children