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Chapter 19. Section 3 POPULAR CULTURE. MASS MEDIA. Federal Communications Commission Government agency Regulates and licenses TV Telephone Radio All communications. MASS MEDIA. Television shows I Love Lucy Mickey Mouse Club. MASS MEDIA. Quiz Shows
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Chapter 19 Section 3 POPULAR CULTURE
MASS MEDIA • Federal Communications Commission • Government agency • Regulates and licenses • TV • Telephone • Radio • All communications
MASS MEDIA • Television shows • I Love Lucy • Mickey Mouse Club
MASS MEDIA • Quiz Shows • $64 Thousand Dollar Question - 1955
MASS MEDIA • TV Guide – 1953 • TV ads • Hoola hoop • Silly putty
MASS MEDIA • Stereotypes and Gunslingers • Women and minorities • No poverty, diversity, or contemporary issues • High level of violence • Glorified the West • Gunsmoke • Have Gun Will Travel
MASS MEDIA • Newton Minow • Chair of FCC • TV “vast wasteland”
MASS MEDIA • Movies • Larger • More color • Stereophonic sound
SUBCULTURE • Beat Movement • Social and literary nonconformity of ARTISTS and POETS • Cared little for material goods
MUSIC • Rock ‘n Roll • Phrase coined by Alan Freed • Freed was a disc jockey and among the 1st to play rock ‘n roll music on the radio
King of Rock ‘n Roll • ELVIS PRESLEY
Black Artists • Radio – medium by which black artists were heard • TV – not as many opportunities for black artists • CBS – first all black soap opera • Nat King Cole – 1st black to have a weekly TV show