History A-Level
Mass media and technological change
What Mass media and technological change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Mass media and technological change
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Cinema, radio, music and television transformed leisure between 1918 and 1979, with television becoming the central domestic entertainment from the 1950s.
Topics that use Mass media and technological change
- The changing quality of life, 1918–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
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- Commercialisation
- Economic cycles and living standards
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- Leisure, affluence and consumerism
- Mass tourism
- Regional inequality
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