1. 1920’s
Mass Media

2. Mass Media
Before the 1920’s most people did not know much about what was going on in rest of the country, talk with people from other regions, or even read the same news.
How did each of the following change?
Movies
Radio
Newspapers/magazines

3. Movies Theaters rose from 5,000 to 22,500
1929 sold 80 million tickets each week
Movie making became the 4th largest industry
Changed from silent movies to “talkies”

4. Radio Began with broadcasting music and baseball scores
Became a medium for advertising
stations
NBC linked stations together
People all over the country were listening to the same info

5. Newspaper/Magazines Increased in size and circulation
Went from pages
The number of chains doubled
People paid to advertise in newspapers
The more popular a newspaper was the more they paid for the ad
Tabloids and entertainment news
By million magazines sold
Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest, Ladies Home Journal and Time

6. Jazz Age Jazz music grew out of African American music of the South
Recordings available in 1910 but didn’t become popular until 1920
2/3 of radio airtime was dedicated to jazz
Some opposed jazz but most came around

7. Jazz Age Harlem was one of the most popular places to listen to jazz
Over 500 clubs
Charleston was a popular dance
Became a national fad
Could be danced with partner, group, or alone
Jazz inspired other music, paintings, and poems

8. Lost Generation
People who were disconnected from their country and its values
Pop culture was artless and uninspired
Lived in European cities

9. Harlem renaissance Harlem became a cultural center of the US
Population rose from 50,000 to 200,000
James Weldon Johnson-leading writer of the Harlem group
Executive secretary of NAACP
Celebrated blossoming of African American culture
Voice of protest of against the suffering of their culture