Need answers froma person in their late sixties/ seventies for a COMM class

hey thanks for helping my out in advance. i just need the following questions asked by a person in their late sixties early seventies. thanks


Questions:

a. Sound Recording: What records did you listen to? Who was your favorite recording star?
What kind of record player did you have, and where was it in your house?
Was there any kind of music you weren't supposed to listen to? Why?
Were you allowed to play music whenever you wanted, or were there parental limitation in your house?
How much did a record cost?
Where did you buy your records?
How did you find out about the artists you listened to?
b. Radio What do you remember about your experiences with Radio?
What kinds of programs did you listen to? (entertainment, music, talk)
When were they on, and why did you like them?
Do you remember anything about the early radio commercials?
Do you remember any public concern about radio commercials?
Do you remember any educational radio programs?
What technical problems did you experience with your radio set?
Do you have some specific memories about listening to the radio when you were young? What are they?
What was it like when FM radio became available?
c. Television/Cable What was it like when TV became available?
Where did you watch your first TV programs, and what was the viewing experience like?
How much did your family's first TV set cost and what factors figured into its purchase?
What was reception like?
What was a typical family viewing session like?
How did TV change home life?
What do you remember about the corporate sponsors of TV shows?
What (if anything) do you remember about the quiz show scandals?
What do you remember about the first 30- second TV commercials?
How do your television experiences in the 1950's compare with your television experiences now?
If you have it, how did you decide to get cable or satellite TV? What factors went into this decision?

d. Movies What were your first movie-going experiences like, and how were they different from today?
What were some of your favorite films growing up and why?
Do you remember anything about Al Jolson and the first talkies?
What do you remember about the excitement surrounding Gone with the Wind?
Were there films your parents forbade you to see? What were they and why were you not allowed to see them?
What films were the most influential for you?

 

I don't remember very much of that stuff these daze. The single most influential film I have ever seen (and I have seen it dozens of times) was the CBS REPORTS Special about the sinking of the USS Thresher SSN 593.