Australian technology has rapidly advanced over the last few decades, this is in great thanks to American inventors and new American technologies. This new technology introduced new ways of thinking to Australian’s in the 1960s, it changed the way people spent their leisure time the way people socialised, the way people went about their daily lives and the way women were seen. All of this has impacted Australian popular culture. This American technology such as the washing machine, the dishwasher, the television and so many other things dramatically changed Australian society modernising it, causing protests among teenagers, allowing Australia to be aware of global issues and creating the idea of the ‘’housewife’. If it weren't for this technology Australia would not be what it is today and alot of factors from our popular culture wouldn’t exist. Today you can see that technology has evolved and changed with the generations and the ideas of how technology changed things in the Sixties are just as prominent now if not more showing that some things have continued and some things have changed this is the way popular culture works. American technology has impacted Australian pop culture drastically all the way back to the 1960s and it still shows in today's society.
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Popular culture: Culture based on the tastes of ordinary people rather than an educated elite.
Technology: Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge.
Technology: Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge.