KRLS 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Physical Therapy, Nuclear Family, Mortality Rate
23 Nov 2018
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November 23rd - baby boom generation: canada"s baby boom = generated waves through politics - privileged postwar generation after. Whole group of people that were younger who had children. 1950"s backyard bbq trend - gender family rules , some stereotyped mirroring their parents gender roles. Television: transformed leisure habits, sweeping new family leisure trends, emerged with post war industries, stations broadcasting in usa, early mass communications - tv was joining radio - ex. Hockey night in canada: becomes mass market for mass consumption. Involved the family called the beavers - small family drama incidents: middle class values and stereotypes, presented a black and white world of good and bad - spread myths of postwar families. Impacts of television: optimists - tv was a liberating experience - exposure to the wider world, pessimists - passive form of entertainment - didn"t like it. The medium is the message - the new form of media.
