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Social change 1950-2000 Flashcards

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What music and artists grew in popularity in the 50s?

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Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley

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What was special about rock and roll?

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Gave teenagers their own music to listen to rather than their parents music
Influenced them in their attitude to authority

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Who had a problem with Elvis and why?

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Parents and teenagers
Didn’t like his sensual style, tight jeans and permanent sneer

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What music became popular in the 60s?

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British groups ie the Beatles and Rolling Stones
Hard rock
Protest music, Bob Dylan
The beach boys

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Why did the beach boys gain popularity?

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For singing about south cali youth culture, like romance, surfing and cars

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Why were white middle class parents concerned about in the 60s?

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For their teenagers turn to more rebellious and progressive culture
Thought rock n roll music encouraged crime

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What music became popular from the 70s to 2000s?

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Disco music
Heavy metal
Solo singer-songwriter
Rap and hip hop

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Who were some popular disco artists?

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Donna summers, the bee gees, KC and the sunshine band

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What was disco a reaction to in the 70s?

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The domination of rock and roll in the music industry

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Who was disco most popular with in the 70s?

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Women
Teenagers

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Heavy metal artists

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Led Zeppelin, black Sabbath, Deep Purple, MötorHead, Iron maiden

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What was heavy metal associated with?

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Masculinity and aggression

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Singer-songwriter examples

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Bruce Springsteen
John Mellenchamp

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Why was singer songwriter popular?

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Sung about struggles of every day life and ordinary people
Many artists ie mellenchamp helped raise money for struggling families who lost land

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Why did rap and hip hop come from?

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Inner city areas because of the economic problems of black Americans, such as poverty, racism and unemployment

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Rap and hip hop artists

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Jay Z
Will Smith
The Fugees

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What changed about hip hop In the mid 90s?

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Was mostly consumed by white middle class teenagers

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Drive ins

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Cinemas with a big screen you watch inside your car

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When were drive ins introduced?

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introduced 30s, popular in 50s

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Who were drive ins popular with?

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Families who could watch a movie and look after young children at the same time
Teenagers with cars for dates

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What became the problem with drive ins?

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Used for teens for dates + privacy of your own car = labelled as ‘passion pits’ for sex and immoral by the media

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Multiplexes

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Cinemas with more than 3 screens for viewing a movie

23
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When were multiplexes introduced?

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1963

24
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Why were multiplexes popular?

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Increased accessibility to watch a movie (more seats)

25
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Anti heroes

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Protagonists that lack traditional heroic values

26
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Why were anti heroes popular?

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After WW2, young people wanted more symbols of rebellion

27
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What actors were popular who played anti heroes?

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James Dean and Paul Newman

28
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Method actors

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Actors who lived irl like the character they were playing

29
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Examples of anti heroines and why they were popular

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Ava Gardner
Kim Novak
Marilyn Monroe
Because they were exciting and beautiful characters

30
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Blockbuster

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A high budget film for international audiences
Had advanced SFX, soundtracks and popular actors

31
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How did blockbusters start?

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Began by Jaws (1975) then Star Wars 1977
Continued into the 80s

32
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VCR

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Video recorder where you could watch films at home

33
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What did the VCR encourage?

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Renting films and increased accessibility of media

34
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How was cinema attendance in the 90s?

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Increased because of multiplexes

35
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What was the most popular way to consume films in the 90s?

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VCR rent at home films
More popular than cinema because people preferred watching films in their own home

36
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How did Hollywood change in the 90s?

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Massive emergence of a list actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Julia Roberts and Eddie Murphy
Film SFX tech advancing more and more

37
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How did TV change between each decade?

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1940s = very few houses owned TV sets
1950 = 50 million households
1970 = 96% owned TVs

38
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What forms of TV were most popular?

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Gameshows
Comedies
‘Western’
Soap operas
Day time chat shows

39
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Criticism of TV?

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It was for stupid people
Tv bad book good

40
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What was a main theme in TV?

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Christian values

41
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What were big problems with TV?

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Blurred the line between fact and fiction
Cemented idealised way a person should act and how they should live
Very little racial or religious diversity

42
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What were the main rival computer companies in the 70s?

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Apple and Microsoft

43
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When was Microsoft Windows released?

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1985

44
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What did the release or Microsoft Windows cause?

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Microsoft became the dominant company when developing computer electronics

45
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Best known apple hardware product?

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Apple Macintosh

46
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How did the ownership of computers change In the 90s?

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Massive growth and being used for leisure time

47
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When was the first internet user friendly interface developed?

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1991

48
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How did the internet use change in the 90s?

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92 = Delphi offering internet access to customers for the first time
98 = Windows 98 release and Microsoft browser

49
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What were the effects of the internet?

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Near instant communication
Online shopping and selling
Use of discussion forums and social media

50
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When did gaming become more popular?

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