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LAST MIN 2.3 POPULAR CULTURE 🎬 Flashcards

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How many had TV stations rose?

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  • 1949-69= TV stations rose from 96 to 566

- by end of 1950s-530 tv stations

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-how many households with TV?

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-149-1969-households in US with at least one TV set rose from less than a million to 44 million

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-how much had the average price of a tv dropped?

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-average price of TV sets dropped from $500 in 1949 to $200 in 1953

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-Give an example of why quiz shows we’re becoming more sceptical:

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-eg: producers of ‘the $64,000 Question’ gave contestants answers to trivia questions which heightened drama

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-Give some examples of shows that gave off an idyllic view of family life:

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  • The Donna Reed Show

- Father Knows Best

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What was introduced in 1954?

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-the TV dinner

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-Give an example of catchy cartoon characters use to advertise on TV:

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-1955- Snap, Crack, Pop Cartoon characters- Rice Krispies

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What did some farmers not like?

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-how they were portrayed eg: backward or uneducated eg: Green Acres

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How did TV have a social impact on society?

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1) TV signals that could reach remote corners of US broke down last vestiges of isolation in rural USA- less disconnected
2) Familiarised rural residents with other regions- inclusive and migration more appealing
3) Common national carriage of popular TV shows- national dialogue, same punchlines- became a talking point and something could relate to
4) More generalise “American culture” as regional cultural differences ironed out
5) Visual and aural experience made greater eg: talkie

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What did the TV borrow from the radio?

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-comedies and variety shows

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Why were TVs not necessarily as good as radios at start?

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  • only affluent could afford them, only when price dropped became more accessible to others
  • 1950- only 9% television owners by 1980 98%
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How did TV influence fashion?

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-things such as cowboy costumes for kid’s eg: David Crockett-coonskin caps became more fashionable

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-why else was the TV important for people?

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  • film coverage of things such as Civil Rights movement eg: MLK march to Washington and his ‘I have a Dream Speech’
  • Assassination of Kennedy in November 1963-turned on telly to get news- coverage of tragedy, funeral and aftermath
  • things such as the moon landing-1969
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-How much money of tv stations and networks rise?

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-amount advisers paid TV stations and networks between 1949-69 rose from $58 million to 1.5 billion

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Lastly, (for TV) what showed a national culture of TV watching?

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-in Toledo, Ohio 1954 Water Commissioner reported that water consumption surged at certain times of day because so many simultaneously going for toilet breaks during commercial breaks

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-What criteria could you use to measure the ‘social impact’?

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1) change in status of groups in society (eg:women, AA)
2) Change in fashion
3) Change on beliefs/ morals
4) Changes in way people live their lives (eg: leisure time/ information gathering)

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What are the three sections of popular culture?

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1) The social impact of cinema, popular music and radio, 1917-45
2) television from 1950s
3) Broadcast news, 1920-80

18
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By 1941 how many movie theatre seats?

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10,500,000

19
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How many in fan magazines?

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-20 fan magazines in 1930 with 200,000- 1 million readers

20
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How many movie theatres 1925 then in 1950?

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  • 1925- 20,000

- 1950-24,000

21
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-How many of films worldwide made in Hollywood?

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90% of films worldwide were made in Hollywood

22
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-How much was Shirley Temple earning?

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-earned a fortune- $5000 a week in 1930s

23
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-How many movies have Clara Bow made in 1925?

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15

24
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How many movies was Clark Gable making?

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  • 1924-2
  • 1925-8
  • 1931-12
25
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-dates of Hays Code:

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1929-1966

26
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How did radio ownership increase, 1917-45?

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  • 1930-39% of pop
  • 1940-73% of pop
  • 1950-91% of pop (compared to only 53.8% in 1950 for newspaper)
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How many commercial stations for radio in 1924?

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-1924-600 commercial stations

28
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When was NBC set up?

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-1926- first national radio station

29
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What did they pass in 1927?

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-radio act-federal licensing of stations so shared out airwaves

30
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-When was war of the worlds? How many tuned in? How many frightened?👹🌏

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  • 1938
  • 6 million
  • 1.2 million said were frightened
31
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  • Gramophones- 1929?
  • when drop?
  • how did record sales change?
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  • by 1929 almost 50% of homes had a gramophone- $75 million worth of records was sold in that year
  • dropped 1935 as radio sales took off (GD, choice of records more of a luxury)
  • record sales, 1929-150 million then by 1935-25 million
32
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-when was first commercial radio station (not yet national)

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-November 1920-KDKA

33
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What year was shocking footage of Village in Vietnam- Came Ne released?

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-1965

34
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Who was Walter Cronkite?

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-1968 documentary on Vietnam- shocked many people-criticising government uncertain about- confirmed fears

35
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When was first television? First president on television?

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  • 1939 RCA demonstrated the first commercial television

- opened by Roosevelt- first President but only within RCA demonstration area

36
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How did television affect cinema going?

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-1950- 55 million attended cinema by 1980- 20 million

37
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-How did live tv change?

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-1953- 80% live, 1960- only 36%

38
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When was first black American show on TV?

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-1963

39
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What act passed 1967?

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-1967-Public Broadcasting Act set up-funded CPB and PBS

40
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When was Sesame Street?

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1969

41
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-How many watched Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960?

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-In first debate (4 of them) 70 million people tuned in

42
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When was Rowan and Martin’s Laugh in?

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-1968-73

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