This cuts inventory expenses for manufacturers, particularly in electronics. Communications and Transportation are so good now that many businesses do not HAVE to be located in large metropolitan areas. Role of Government can still influence news, but can not control it as before. The News industry felt betrayed during Vietnam. Watergate drove a wedge between government and News.
Reporters are much more skeptical than ever before.
Grants and Loans make going to college possible for millions of students. Some Universities offer dual or 5 year Education degrees. The total amount of phone traffic is hundreds of times what it was Developments in 1960, and fiber optic lines, and existing cable offer to expand that traffic even more. Most of the expanded traffic is Internet, E-mail, Fax, or business data transfer. The average school-age child watches 5 hours of television per day.