1. Mass Media

2. Nickelodeons-

3. Newspapers Massive increase in number of newspapers available Sunday paper=bigger edition (why?)

4. Radio 1920- Westinghouse workers send music and baseball games over radio waves KDKA in Pittsburgh was the first for profit radio station in US (1 st broadcast was Harding Pres. election) WWJ in Detroit soon follows

7. (these stations had powerful signals- heard as far away as Australia!) NBC- major media network that connected stations around the nation Content: Sports, music (JAZZ), religious events, news, even drama-type shows

8. Advertisers included Wrigleys, Maxwell House, Campbell’s, General Electric

9. Other Trends Flagpole sitting- “Shipwreck” Kelly- 49 days! Beauty pageants- Miss America

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13. JAZZ

14. Origins of Jazz-African American music of the south –Followed _____ and ________ Improvisation Seemed to sum up the character of the decade 1929- 2/3 of all air time devoted to jazz

15. Jazz musicians Louie Armstrong- trumpet Duke Ellington- piano, composer, band leader George Gershwin- composer