This same parallel was seen during the 1950’s, many teenagers had money to spend and were looking for new entertainment as far as music was concerned. During this time, there were civil rights activists so the lines between black and whites were starting to disappear (Megill, 2016). In the 1970’s many listeners were tired of rock and roll and were looking for other music to listen to. One of those types of music were punk. With the creation of Music Television, this medium provided the audience with music and something visual to see. Music Television was like the transistor radio’ s of the 1980’s. So when people were seeing their favorite punk band, they were dressed with outfits that were not the norm. MTV and VH1, and BET were television
