Mass Media
Means of communication that reach large audiences
FCC
The government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, telegraph, radio, and other communications industries
Golden age of television
Period of rapid expansion
TV dinner
Made it easy for people to eat without missing their favorite shows
David Selznick
Movie producer
Beat Movement
Expressed the social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets, and writers
Jack Kerouac
Creator of the novel of the movement (Beat Movement) On the Road, published in 1957
Rock n roll
Name that has come to mean music that’s both black and white—music that is American
Elvis Presley
Brought rock ‘n’ roll to a frantic pitch of popularity among the newly affluent teens who bought their records
Jazz
A style of music characterized by the use of improvisation
