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MRS. SZYMCZAK Shimmy Mrs. Szymczak English I Advanced-5 16 April 2019

MRS. SZYMCZAK Shimmy Mrs. Szymczak English I Advanced-5 16 April 2019

POP CULTURE: 1981 MTV DEBUTS In 1981, music television is introduced to the word.

POP CULTURE: 1981 MTV DEBUTS In 1981, music television is introduced to the word. It is a mixture of top 40 songs in video format. Veejays replace deejays by hosting the show and commenting on the video and its stars. MTV is created with launching the careers of Madonna, Duran-Duran and “not only showcased the strengths of the music video format but proved that exposure on MTV could propel artists to superstardom” such as Michael Jackson (Tikkanen). While MTV went on to produce other hit shows and fewer music videos, it still honored the video genre by creating the Video Music Awards. Shows such as Total Request Live kept MTV in the music scene. Today MTV produces more shows dealing with pop culture rather than music videos. Hit shows include Sixteen and Pregnant, Catfish, and The Real World.

National News: 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle

National News: 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger took off from Cape Canaveral Florida. The crew was one of the most diverse it had ever scene with “a representation of the strength of American society: Gregory Jarvis, Ronald Mc. Nair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Michael Smith, and Commander Dick Scobee. Two women, one of them Jewish. An African-American. An Asian-American. They were the most diverse group of astronauts NASA ever assembled” (Dean 1) Within the first second some new something was not right, and within the first 72 seconds, disaster in the sky, the space shuttle blew apart (Price 1). Hundreds were on the ground watching including many family members while many more were watching from home. It was a devastating blow to NASA. Because of this disaster, “NASA made many changes and today, the space program is safer because of the Challenger disaster” (Price 1).

Works Cited Dean, Margaret Lazarus. "'No! No! They don't mean the shuttle! An oral

Works Cited Dean, Margaret Lazarus. "'No! No! They don't mean the shuttle! An oral history of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. " Popular Mechanics, Feb. 2016, p. 54+. General One. File, Accessed 16 Apr. 2019. Price, Debbie M. "DISASTER IN THE SKY. " Boys' Life, Jan. 2001, p. 6. General One. File, https: //link. galegroup. com/apps/doc/A 68761180/ITOF? u=j 170903&sid=ITOF&xid=3 e 4 e 71 e 6. Accessed 16 Apr. 2019. Tikkanen, Amy ed. “MTV. ” Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. , 1 Nov. 2017, www. britannica. com/topic/MTV.