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The Information Age postmodernism 1990-1994 by Reggie Bailey. What is The Information Age & Postmodernism?. 1960-Present day ( Fiero 127 ).
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What is The Information Age & Postmodernism? • 1960-Present day (Fiero127). • Shift from an Industrial Age to an Information Age dominated by radical changes in the technology of communication and the ways we receive and process information (Fiero127). • Electronic forms of communication allow people to get information faster(Fiero127). • Digital technology made changes in music and film (Fiero127).
Science & Technology • World Wide Web • 1991 Invented by Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor). (Internet)
Science & Technology • Ecommerce • Before Amazon & Ebay there was NetMarket • August 11, 1994 a CD was purchased over a secure link (Gilbert). (E Commerce)
Music • Grunge • Early 1990s • Pacific Northwest, Seattle • Heavily Distorted Electric Guitars • Mix of Guitar Rock with Punk & Metal (Grunge). • Nirvana, Pearl Jam (Nirvana)
Music • April 8,1994 Curt Cobain’s suicide • Drug Addiction + Bipolar (Kurt Note). • Suicide Scare (Kurt Crisis). (Kurt Cobain)
Music • 1994 Punk Rock Goes Mainstream • Bands were “Rebels” (History). • Green Day, The Offspring (Green)
Cinema, Theater, & Mass Media • Gulf War shown on CNN 24 hours • Revolutionizes Cable News • Peter Arnett & Bernard Shaw stay in Baghdad during assault (Reno). (CNN)
Cinema, Theater, & Mass Media • MTV introduces Reality TV (Real World: New York) • 1992 Real World New York (Real World)
Fashion • The Rachel • Women who watched Friends fell in love with the hairstyle • Most popular hairstyle of all time (Jennifer). (Rachel)
Sports • 1992 Olympic “Dream Team” • 1988 team finished with bronze medal • Professionalplayers allowed for first time • USA wins gold medal going undefeated (Dream Team Interbasket). (Dream Team)
Sports • Ultimate Fighting Championships • Introduces world to mixed martial arts • 1994 Royce Gracie defeats 3 guys in one night at UFC 1 (UFC Timeline). (UFC)
Final Thoughts • 1990-1994 prime examples of progress made in the Information Age • People were thinking more outside of the box • Look at where the World Wide Web has brought us • Pop Culture had a grasp on everyone • Where would we be without reality tv?
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