Topic 4 Flashcards
Who were the Religious Right (‘80’s)
A large group of right wing voters who opposed social change.
- largest movement in America
- helped Reagan get in
- wanted to promote a socially conservitive agenda
- catholics
- conservative protostants
- old people
What did the Religious Right oppose
- feminism
- divorce
- the counter culture
- mothers going to work
- the equal rights amendment
- drugs
- abortion
- sexual liberalisation
- unmarried mothers
- homosexuality
- popular culture’s openess on sex
- porn
- sex ed
How did the RR promote their values
Organisations
Media
supporting conservative politicians
What Act did the RR want passed
The Family Protection Act
- prohibited abortion
- restored school prayer
- denial to teenagers access to contraception
- single sex sports
- — never got passed!! yay
How did the RR campaign against abortion and the Roe Vs Wade supreme court ruling
- used emotive mailings and slogans “abortion is murder”
- used ‘reformed’ sinners to promote their values
- enlisted help of republican politicians
- ——- ended in making abortion more hard to access
What boosted the anti-gay movement
the spread of AIDs wrongly associated with homosexuality
What were the leading campaigners against homosexuality in the ‘80’s
- Televangelist pat robertson
- —- claimed that feminists were “women who wanted to leave their husbands kill their children destroy capitalism and become lesbians”
- concerned woman of America
- Moral Majority
- silent Majority
What did Nancy Reagan and the RR join in campaigning against
Drug use
Nancy’s ‘just say no’ campaign
-recreational drug use had tripled since the 70’s to 1987
-1 in 6 Americans used illegal substances
-375,000 babies were born addicted to cocaine or heroin
Why were illegal substances so popular in the ‘80’s … eyyy
- provided temporary escape of reality
- people could make a fortune selling and pushing it
what progression in music helped merge music and television
MTV
-broadcasting music videos helped promote the youth culture
and gave artists a more creative , controversial mediums
What were some trends in youth culture music
Heavy metal -popular among white males - van halan, bon jovi - few women or black americans listened to the music -metellica Rap -came out of the ghettos -highlighted the black class/generational divides --criticisms of rap ------bigoted ------sexist~~ice cube ------violent ~~fuck tha police NWA -involved women - salt-n-pepa MCHammer and Vanilla ice highlighted that rap was becoming mainstream
what were the PMRC (‘80s)
A group of wives of influential politicians against the transparency of popular culture
-motivated by lyrics they said were sexually explicit, excessivily violent or glorify the use of drugs
Who did the PMRC target majoritivley
madonna
- sexually explicit lyrics and videos
- —like a virgin
What technological advances impacted popular culture
Personal computers -revolutionised offices and inspired a new generation of gamers to go on and create content and become developers -also elevated consumerism Remote control devices -gave more choice to the owner as to what to watch - could be seen to increase laziness VCR's -made cheap via mass production -personalised entertainment -separated families Cassettes and CD's -walkman/boombox
Important inevations in the growth of cable televison
1979-ESPN sports 1980-CNN news 24 hours home shopping network -encouraged the purchase of consumer goods -DISNEY CHANNEL -MTV- music -porn
