jan 1, 1955 - Rock and Roll

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term was popularized when it became associated c bleck of R&B music & country
- teenagers = intended audience
- more fun tone than R&B
usually portrayed negatively in media: connected c sex, violence and juvenile delinquency, appealed to teen's need to belong ("resemblance to Hitler's mass meetings"), smells phony and false

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