Pop Culture 1950's

Reading: http://goo.gl/lDiyt Essential Questions:

1. What media exploded in the 50's, and how did business respond to this explosion?

- Television was the media that exploded in the 1950's. Tv Guide sales grew sky rocket and along with that the invention of t.v. dinners occured so that way "you couldn't miss your show".

2. Why did critics not like television?
- Although many people liked to watch television, there were also many critics that did not agree. Television at this time only showed the typical ideal America. A perfect family. All whites, no reality. Critics hated it because it didn't show what really was occuring, which was poverty, civil rights, minorities. etc.
3. What's so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's?
- Rock and Roll music was so ironic because it was made by African Americans and it was consumed by whites. Adults hated it because they felt that it would cause pregnancy, and many other bad things to happen.