1. Mass Media and Pop Culture
Roaring 20s

2. New types of mass media- communications that reach a large audience- began to take hold in the 1920s.
Radio and movies provided entertainment and spread the latest ideas about fashions and lifestyles.

3. The first commercial radio broadcast took place in Pittsburgh at station KDKA in 1920.
Other radio stations soon emerged.

4. The number of households with radios jumped from about 60,000 in 1922 to 10 million in 1929.
Radio stations broadcast news, sports, music, comedy, and commercials.

5. Movie Making Industry: Hollywood
Movies gave people an escape into worlds of glamour and excitement they could never enter.
Audiences flocked to movie theaters to see their favorite actors and actresses.

6. Pop Culture Movies influenced the pop culture of the time.
Popular culture included songs, dances, fashions, and even slang expression like scram (leave in a hurry) and ritzy (elegant)

7. Movies
Moviemakers like Samuel Goldwyn and Warner brothers made fortunes overnight.
For most of the 20s, films were silent.
In 1927, the Jazz Singer introduced song.

8. Another talkie caused a sensation in Walt Disney’s Cartoon Steamboat Willie, featuring Mickey Mouse.
Within a few years, all movies were talkies.

9. In your own words, what is mass media?
Using the chart on your sketchnotes, how did mass media change the lives of Americans?
What is a talkie?

10. In your own words, what is mass media?
Any type of communications/media, such as radio or movies, that reach a large number of people

11. 2) How did mass media changed American society in the 20s?
Radio
Movies
Radio became a popular form of sports, music, comedy, and news entertainment
Many families bought a household radio
Movies spread pop culture, such as songs, fashions, slang terms, and dances.
People used movies to escape their everyday lives.
People became to idolize movie stars

12. 3) What is a talkie?
A film with sound