Decades

Micheal Maffesoli 1985
Identified the idea of the 'urban tribe' (link to subculture: mods/rockers etc)
Members of these small groups tend to have similar worldwide views, dress styles and common behaviours - leads to the decline of individualism

Terminology
Schadenfreude (charm/joy) - pleasure in other peoples misfortunes e.g. study says social media scadenfreude is real

screenonline.com - films through the decades
new wave cinema - big film movement

1950s
washing machine, TV
'change was in the air in the 1950s'
after all their progress in war, women were firmly pushed back into homes

1960s
'the summer of love'
young people had a say and it got heard
music, fashion, sex
radio 1 - The Beatles
example text for 60s: QUADROPHENIA - two subcultures: normal vs gang (party/fighting)

1970s
David Bowie
anarchy vs monarchy
Sid Vicious - Queen/ Sex Pistols

1980s
racial tensions - riots (Brixton)
miners strikes, privitisation
lots of money in city quickly
aids awareness, gay acceptance
Micheal Jackson, Madonna, Wham, U2, Band Aid (MTV launches)

1990s
Nirvana, Oassis vs Blur - mushy sounds and electronic keyboards
Tony Blair
Cool Britannia
'girl power' - Spice Girls
no longer take 5 hours to get ready, roll out of bed and play music
stereotyping teenagers on TV (Harry Enfield as Kevin)

2000s
Ali G
Lauren Cooper by Catherine Tate
Little Britiain
negative representation of teenagers on TV programmes (positive representation of Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging)
Titanic/ Harry Potter, Slumdog Millionaire
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing
Micheal Jackson dies
Advances in technology - mobile phone, mp3, social media