Youth Culture Flashcards
roughly how many babies had been born by 1960 due to the baby boom and what were the effects
-76 million
-homes/suburbs became child centred
-motherhood promoted in media
give 3 ways cultural change was seen in the media
-cinemas
-tv
-popular programmes
explain how cinemas experienced cultural change (3)
-fell in popularity due to influence of TV
-rise in anti-heroes and rebellion eg James Dean
-drive in cinemas popularised in rural areas, although often viewed as immoral due to popularity with youth
how much did weekly attendance of cinemas fall from between 1946-56
-90 million 1946 –> 47 million 1956
how many drive in cinemas were in the USA during 50s/60s
-4000
how many TVs were sold in the first 6 months of 1950
-3 million
how many TV sets were there in 1947 compared to 1955
-1947 = 60,000
-1955 = 37 million
what was popularised in 1954
-TV dinners
give 3 examples of popular programming
-I Love Lucy
-Leave it to Beaver
-The Donna Read Show
how many people regularly watched I Love Lucy
-50 million
what was enforced in Leave it to Beaver and the Donna Read Show
-gender roles / domestic roles for women
how did TV studios challenge film studios
-major actors recruited to TV instead of film
-eg Loretta Young
what was estimated about TV by 1960
-by 1960 watching TV was half the nations favourite leisure activity
approximately how much of the population were aged under 24 in 1950/60
-1950= 41%
-1960= 44%
what emerged due to the new youth demographic
-markets developed to their interests
-eg movies like Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean
how had youths’ spending power increased between 1950-59
-1950= $10 billion
-1959= $25 billion
how much had youths’ weekly allowance inc by between 1940-57
-1940= $1-2 a week
-1957= $10-15 a weel
what music genre dominated between the 50s-60s and how
-rock n roll; influenced lifestyle, fashion , attitudes and language
-eg Grease and Rebel Without A Cause
-black performers reached a white audience
what movement/ genre dominated between the 60s-70s
-Hippie movement/music due to birth control pills, opposition to Vietnam, civl rights, feminism, gay rights and mass prod LSD
-eg Black Bird by the Beatles
-slogans eg flower power and make love not war
