Improvements in mass media, leisure activities and scientific developments Flashcards
Describe how television rose during the 1960s.
- Television replaced cinema as a means of entertainment.
- TV licences reached 13.2m by 1965.
- By 1961 75% of the population had a TV in their home.
What helped to lead to youth independence?
Radios became cheaper and more portable. Young people no longer had to listen to their parents music.
What did Rupert Murdoch do in 1969?
He bought the Sun, a working-class newspaper which reflected the permissive attitudes of the time.
What scientific developments had happened in space?
- 1961 first person in space.
- US landed on the moon in 1969.
When did the Post Office Tower open?
1965, it was the tallest building in Europe and opened to improve telecommunications.
What provided 60 communication dishes?
The Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall
What produced electricity for domestic use?
The nuclear reactor in Dounreay in 1962
What did the government introduce in 1959?
The Obscene Publications Act - supposedly obscene work could be published ‘in the interests of science, literature, art or learning’.
When was the freedom of the the Obscene Publications Act tested?
In 1960 - Penguin Books published Lady Chatterley’s Lover which contained the frequent use of four-letter expletives and explicit descriptions of sexual activity.
What did the fact that Penguin books were not guilty open the way for?
Further erosion of literary censorship. Fanny Hill, a pornographic 18th century novel, was published in 1963.
