How Did The Hippie Revolution Affect Communication

The Hippie Revolution and Communication Today
The word “hippie” usually conjures a specific image in most peoples’ heads: unkempt, young folks dressed in bellbottom jeans and tie dye t-shirts with flowers in their hair. The term “hippie movement”, then, might invoke images of these flower children passing a joint around to one another while listening to The Grateful Dead, protesting the war, speaking about peace and love and criticizing The Man. The hippie movement, however, was much more than that. And the people deemed “hippies” were much more than pot smoking libertarians. These young people were the firebrand of a revolution that would change opinions on war and civil rights as well as have a significant impact on communication in