1989-1991
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- TO WHAT EXTENT WAS 1981-1992 A PERIOD OF CULTURAL CHALLENGE FOR AMERICAN YOUTH
- Technology and its impact on popular culture
- 1980's saw a revolution in technology increasing the availability and ease of access
- personal computers
- August 1981 IBM 5150 PC released (16KB memory on floppy disks)
- could be used by ordinary people
- write and store data
- games consoles
- Atari 2600 in 1977 and Space Invaders 1980
- followed by PAC-MAN hugely popular
- 1985 emergence of Nintendo provided wide variety of games
- by 1992 home entertainment had acquired a new dimension beyond radio and TV
- Atari 2600 in 1977 and Space Invaders 1980
- music industry
- CD's - first CD player Philips CD100 launched in August 1982
- better sound quality than vinyls and cassette tapes
- CD cost reduced to rival cassettes CD revolution arrived
- 1984: CD sales of $103.4million
- development of Walkman
- revolutionised when and where people could listen to music
- young people new way to listen to music
- 1989 50 million Walkmans had been sold
- CD's - first CD player Philips CD100 launched in August 1982
- video cassette and VCR
- people could watch popular films and specetate sporting events from home
- VHS dominated the market as VHS VCR cost $250 but betmax = $2,000
- camcorders allowed home movies
- massive boom in amateur home movie making - You've been Framed
- growth of cable television and influence of MTV
- by 1980's was possible to sign up for satellite and cable TV
- dozens of channels at a time
- 1980: RE Turner set up CNN - major rival to terrestrial netowkrs (ABC, CBS)
- viewing of cable TV rose from 9 to 26%
- assisted by Reagan appointing Mark Fowler
- Head of Federal Communicat- ions Commissions (1981-1987)
- more competitive TV market
- Cable Communications Policy Act 1984
- from 1984-1992 $15 billion spent on laying cables across the USA
- assisted by Reagan appointing Mark Fowler
- 1990 53 million households had subscribed to cable TV
- number of cable TV networks grown from 28 1980 to 79 1989
- MTV began broadcasting 24/7 music from August 1st 1981
- major part in making of stars e.g. Madonna
- impacted music industry immensely
- music videos were a must as a creative promotional tool for records
- Thriller in December 1983
- once shown on MTV became global phenomenon
- commissioned Hollywood director John Landis to shoot vieo
- budget of $500,000
- rights to show video on MTV sold for $200,000
- budget of $500,000
- commissioned Hollywood director John Landis to shoot vieo
- once shown on MTV became global phenomenon
- 1984 MTV Music Video Awards
- 1992 MTV Movie Awards
- by 1980's was possible to sign up for satellite and cable TV
- Impact of the AIDS crisis
- biggest medical scare in the USA since Spanish Influenza pandemic 1918
- 1983:600 deaths
- 1991: 121, 255 aids related deaths
- republican ignorance
- 41,000 deaths before Reagan mentioned aids
- due to death of close friend Rock Hudson
- Reagan's Moral Majority supporters ignorant
- 41,000 deaths before Reagan mentioned aids
- led to isolation and further discrimination to homosexuals and homeless
- divisions in US Society
- moral majority vs liberal groups
- Nancy advocated use of condoms to prevent aids but Reagan refused to enforce
- many religious right supporters prevented help
- Bowers vs Hardwick
- outlawing ******* in Georgia State Law 1986
- Bowers vs Hardwick
- biggest medical scare in the USA since Spanish Influenza pandemic 1918
- Controversial issues in film and television
- nuclear holocaust (controversial topic)
- The Day After TV movie November 1983
- height of the second cold war
- encouraged Reagan to support the strategic Defence Initiative (Star Wars)
- same month as Able Archer (NATO exercise)
- with soviet leadership seen as possible pre-emptive nuclear attack
- family life
- The Cosby Show 1984 and 1992
- black American actor Bill Cosby
- middle class black american doctor and family
- mirrored shows about family life in 1950/60's
- Father Knows Best
- Murphy Brown lots of political criticism
- ambitious single mother
- Dan Quayle US Vice President claimed programme undermined family values
- escapism films
- Indiana Jones and Rocky
- some addressed important social issues
- 1983 Silkwood looked at radiatin poisoning
- 1988 Rain Man dealt with Autisum
- Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor Oscar
- race relations
- Mississippi Burning 1988
- murder of black and white civil rights activists durng freedom summer of 1964
- Boyz the Hood 1991
- looked at district of Watts (riots in 1992 and 65)
- Mississippi Burning 1988
- nuclear holocaust (controversial topic)
- Technology and its impact on popular culture
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