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An effort to answer the question: How much time do US adults voluntarily spend in the presence of culture in an average month, in each of about 15 ways of doing so? The measurements are taken from available sources of information. Items considered include: newspapers, commercial TV, magazines, concerts, museums, etc. Results indicate that approximately 4.5 hours per month are spent in the presence of culture. Modified AA.

Teen-age (TA) culture is a product of affluence: we can afford to keep a large pop in Sch through HSch. The TA culture of younger adolescents is characteristically Lc, that of older TA's, UMc. The material traits of TA culture include certain kinds of clothes, automobiles, & the paraphernalia of sports & recreation. TA's constitute an important market for advertisings. Nonmaterial culture traits include a special language & great emphasis on fun & popularity. Popular songs reflect their preoccupation with love in its various stages. Pol'al concern is not characteristic of TA culture, but when asked for opinions, they reflect those of their class backgrounds. Class pervades all aspects of TA culture & in their society a substantial proportion are alienated, outsiders, rejected. At the Coll level, the old `rah-rah' culture is giving way to more serious vocational & academic cultures. If this trend continues, TA culture may end with HSch graduation; at the Coll level, young people will be more adult. At the same time, however, it appears that children enter TA culture at an earlier age. As long as we can afford to support a large leisure class of youngsters, TA culture in some form or other will continue. AA.