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20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age

20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age. Hollywood came about because of: variety of landscapes, warm climate, and a lot of sunlight needed for films. Mass Media . Before the 1920s the U.S. remained a collection of regional cultures. Mass media led to a universal culture ex; the flapper.

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20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age

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  1. 20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age

  2. Hollywood came about because of: variety of landscapes, warm climate, and a lot of sunlight needed for films.

  3. Mass Media • Before the 1920s the U.S. remained a collection of regional cultures. • Mass media led to a universal culture ex; the flapper. • By 1929 80 mill movie tickets were sold each week (pop=125mill).

  4. “Talkies” were movies that featured sound. • The first movie featuring sound was “The Jazz Singer.” • Famous movie actors of the day included: Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Lilan Gish, and Al Jolson. • Newsprint doubled in the U.S. between 1914 and 1927.

  5. In 1896 Guglielmo Marconi invented wireless communication using radio waves. • In 1920 Frank Conrad broadcasted the first programs out of his garage. • The first radio station was Pittsburgh’s KDKA.

  6. The Jazz Age • Radio and the Great Migration made jazz music popular. • Jazz grew out of the African American music of the south. • By 1929 2/3 of all radio play was devoted to jazz. • 1920s came to be called the “Jazz Age.”

  7. Famous jazz musicians included: Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and etc. • Charleston was a famous jazz dance, could be done alone, in a group, or with a partner.

  8. Painting and literature also grew during the “Jazz Age.” • Sinclair Lewis became the first American to receive the Nobel prize for literature. • 1920’s also comprised the “lost generation.”

  9. This group rejected the quest for material possesions. • They claimed that post war America was “artless” and “uninspired.” • Many of the “lost generation” fled to live in Europe. • One famous lost generation was F.Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby.

  10. The Harlem Renaissance • Harlem was becoming the cultural center of the U.S. for many African Americans. • Harlem also became the home of an African American literary awaking= the Harlem Renaissance.

  11. James Weldon Johnson emerged as a leading writer of the Harlem group. • The Harlem writer most studied today is Langston Hughes.

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