1920s-1950s The news jumps off the page...
The end of Yellow Journalism People could not trust the newspapers, thanks to the New York World and the New York Journal. When a new source of news arrived, people were ripe for the picking.
Radio The beginning of the _________________, but it did not become a household commodity until _____________________ __________________________________. __________________________________.
Radio Advertisements were posted on walls and doors about shows and broadcasts that would be on the radio. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ _____________________________________.
War of the Worlds (______) _________________ broadcast the story, after altering a H.G. Wells story to fit the American society, _______________________________, _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ ______________________________________. _______________________________________ ______________________________________.
War of the Worlds (cont.) According to one report, some Grover’s Mill citizens opened fire on a water tower, thinking that it was an alien tripod. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________.
Politics The media has always been a good source for coverage. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________. For the longest time, the source for coverage was the newspaper.
Politics Now, with the radio and news reels, people could not only read about a politician, ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________.
The Great Depression _________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________. People looked for a voice to come from the darkness, offering something, anything, to attempt to bring the country out of the hole.
Franklin D Roosevelt Taking over as president in 1933, he brought with him the _________________ _____________________________________ ______________________________________
World War II In 1939 the war began as Hitler invaded Poland Dec. 7 th 1941, the US, out of the depression thanks to exporting military materials to countries already in the war, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
World War II _______________________________________ _______________________________________. _______________________________________ _______________________________________, keeping the motivation, ____________________ _______________________________________. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________.
Instant News ____________________________________ ____________________________________. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________.
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