The means of communication that reach large audiences.
What are mass media?
100
The level of this on TV led to concerns over the effect of TV on children.
What is violence?
100
These attempts to bring more moviegoers to the theater featured piped smells that went with the movie.
What are Smell-O-Vision and Aroma-Rama?
100
This African-American artist was known for the energy he poured out in his performances.
Who was Little Richard?
100
This journalist is remembered for doing on-the-scene reporting and interviewing.
Who was Edward R. Murrow?
200
This mass medium became really big during the 1950s.
What is television?
200
FCC chairman Newton Minow famously criticized the TV of his time as a vast ________________.
What is a wasteland?
200
This social movement centered in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York's Greenwich Village. It expressed social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets and writers.
What is the beat movement?
200
This African-American artist may have invented Rock and Roll. He was remembered for his duck walk, his guitar-playing and hits like "Johnny Be Goode."
Who was Chuck Berry?
200
This children's show featured a friendly rat kids loved.
What was the Mickey Mouse Club?
300
This government agency issued 500 TV licenses during the 1950s.
What is the Federal Communications Commission?
300
Radio adapted to TV by changing its programming to this.
What is local news, weather, music and community news?
300
This is the nickname given to followers of the beat movement.
What are beats or beatniks?
300
This white artist became known as the King of Rock and Roll for hits like "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog" and "All Shook Up."
Who is Elvis Presley?
300
This TV show featured a puppet who was loved by kids.
What was the Howdy Doody Show?
400
The food industry introduced this new way of eating dinner in 1954.
What is a TV dinner?
400
The movie industry adapted to TV by adding this to its movies.
What is color and stereo sound?
400
This is where many beatniks performed.
What are coffeehouses?
400
This TV show, featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, was the most popular show of the time.
What is "I Love Lucy"?
400
This magazine's sales shot up as TV became more popular.
What was TV Guide?
500
The portrayal of women and minorities on TV in the 50s involved these.
What are stereotypes?
500
20th Century Fox adapted to TV by projecting this wide-angle image on a broad screen.
What is Cinemascope?
500
This type of music first became popular in the 1950s.
What is rock and roll?
500
This type of music was championed by African-American artists like Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonius Monk.
What is jazz?
500
This TV show reinforced stereotypes that showed men in charge of the family.
What was "Father Knows Best"? or What was "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"?