Suburban Conformity Flashcards
Critics of TV
Promoted conformity and put trade family place of white middle-class US for Mother’s Day is at home and does the work it was a consumer as it was non-stop advertise meant declining educational scores in Reading standard newspaper source sale and big magazines eventually went out of business and their views physically and active and mentally passive
Praises of TV
Cheap entertainment and was programs for the whole family it rejected the conformity argument and believed it was aware of the whole family enjoying entertainment together viewers were not passive and developed a defined national culture decreased provincialism and social division help and understanding of other cultures is not all programs of mindless for example documentaries
New programs show changes to the status quo
The beat generation
Rejected mainstream culture and the young rejected materialism and the consumer culture and conformity for Life style characterised by spontaneity drugs free lover and general defiance
Social change in TV and film
TV became more popular than going to the movies
Movie is Challenger status quo and TV reinforced contemporary values programs promote his conformity and blacks are not wanted on the TV and they tried to get their shells cancelled
What did beat mean
The origins of the frisbee generation uncontroversial the word when treated Rob almost my offers a clear exhausted
The influence of the Bates
Although difficult to estimate the number of bait there is sure to be 150 he became writers and estimates of other members have to be from several hundred to 7000
The writers were highly influential in the Literacy circles initially the beats were the media sensation however after 1960 the media lost interest after that they got there fame from taking an oppositional stance including Bob Dylan (singers)
Beatniks
Is intended to do you know something on American or anti American as it came from the word Sputnik
Film and social
Hollywood of reflected and promoted 1950’s conservatism and values
Western movies have a Lakeman submissive women and evil Indians
But Holly was showed capacity to change TV has led to the following move the audience is on box office hours and they needed to attract audiences
Treatment of sex
Most sexually explicit films began Andrew big crowds especially for the younger generation however the Supreme Court ruling in 1952 and the Hollywood could ignore the motion pictures card and granted freedom of expression to films
Racism
Hollywood movies also become challenging racial stereotypes both black and whites with Seen in films
I would send gain confidence in challenging prejudices however it may be making was a business in Hollywood had to be careful not to upset too many people
Challenging the consensus could be a gamble it wasn’t like that to pay off
Hollywood teen rebels
Hollywood was very keen about challenging the stubborn severe than conformity
