Social change 1950-2000

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley

Question 2

What was special about rock and roll?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Who had a problem with Elvis and why?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What music became popular in the 60s?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Why did the beach boys gain popularity?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Who were some popular disco artists?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What was disco a reaction to in the 70s?

Answer 9

The domination of rock and roll in the music industry

Question 10

Who was disco most popular with in the 70s?

Answer 10

Women
Teenagers

Question 11

Heavy metal artists

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What was heavy metal associated with?

Answer 12

Masculinity and aggression

Question 13

Singer-songwriter examples

Answer 13

Bruce Springsteen
John Mellenchamp

Question 14

Why was singer songwriter popular?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Why did rap and hip hop come from?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Rap and hip hop artists

Answer 16

Jay Z
Will Smith
The Fugees

Question 17

What changed about hip hop In the mid 90s?

Answer 17

Was mostly consumed by white middle class teenagers

Question 18

Drive ins

Answer 18

Cinemas with a big screen you watch inside your car

Question 19

When were drive ins introduced?

Answer 19

introduced 30s, popular in 50s

Question 20

Who were drive ins popular with?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What became the problem with drive ins?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Multiplexes

Answer 22

Cinemas with more than 3 screens for viewing a movie

Question 23

When were multiplexes introduced?

Answer 23

1963

Question 24

Why were multiplexes popular?

Answer 24

Increased accessibility to watch a movie (more seats)

Question 25

Anti heroes

Answer 25

Protagonists that lack traditional heroic values

Question 26

Why were anti heroes popular?

Answer 26

After WW2, young people wanted more symbols of rebellion

Question 27

What actors were popular who played anti heroes?

Answer 27

James Dean and Paul Newman

Question 28

Method actors

Answer 28

Actors who lived irl like the character they were playing

Question 29

Examples of anti heroines and why they were popular

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Blockbuster

Answer 30

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

Question 31

How did blockbusters start?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

VCR

Answer 32

Video recorder where you could watch films at home

Question 33

What did the VCR encourage?

Answer 33

Renting films and increased accessibility of media

Question 34

How was cinema attendance in the 90s?

Answer 34

Increased because of multiplexes

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

How did Hollywood change in the 90s?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

How did TV change between each decade?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What forms of TV were most popular?

Answer 38

Gameshows Comedies ‘Western’ Soap operas Day time chat shows

Question 39

Criticism of TV?

Answer 39

It was for stupid people Tv bad book good

Question 40

What was a main theme in TV?

Answer 40

Christian values

Question 41

What were big problems with TV?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Apple and Microsoft

Question 43

When was Microsoft Windows released?

Answer 43

1985

Question 44

What did the release or Microsoft Windows cause?

Answer 44

Microsoft became the dominant company when developing computer electronics

Question 45

Best known apple hardware product?

Answer 45

Apple Macintosh

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Massive growth and being used for leisure time

Question 47

When was the first internet user friendly interface developed?

Answer 47

1991

Question 48

How did the internet use change in the 90s?

Answer 48

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

Question 49

What were the effects of the internet?

Answer 49

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

Question 50

When did gaming become more popular?