1. 27:3 Popular Culture Bell Ringer: 859

2. Mass Media Households with TVs – 1948-9% – 1960-90% – 2000-100% Hours people watch TV – 1950-4 – 2000-7

3. Federal Communications Commission FCC Regulates communication industries

4. 1950s Golden Age of Television Effect on Culture – Programming – Advertising – TV dinners

5. Baby Biz Emme and Max Shiloh $6 million People $7.6 People/Hello

6. TV Perpetuates Stereotypes Women Minorities Class Glorified western frontier conflict

8. Radio and Movies Diversify Radio: new programming Movies: size, color, sound, smell, 3-D

9. Beat Movement Counterculture Social and literary nonconformity Lifestyle

10. Rock-n-Roll Black + White = American Chuck Berry Elvis Presley-King of Rock and roll – Appeal

11. Race Radio Nat King Cole Lena Horne Harry Belafonte Charlie Parker Dizzy Gilespie

12. 27:4 The Other America

13. American Dream? 25% in poverty – Women/children – Minorities – elderly

14. White Flight Suburbs Urban poor Inner cities

15. Urban Renewal National Housing Act of 1949 Housing and Urban Development Urban Removal?

16. Mexican Activism Immigration Braceros Longoria Incident sparks activism – GI Forum – Unity League of CA

17. Native Americans 1953 Termination and Relocation Policy – Eliminated Federal support – Discontinued reservation system – Distributed tribal lands – Relocation program Failure