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Mass Media. Nickelodeons-. Newspapers. Massive increase in number of newspapers available Sunday paper=bigger edition (why?). Radio. 1920- Westinghouse workers send music and baseball games over radio waves
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Newspapers • Massive increase in number of newspapers available • Sunday paper=bigger edition (why?)
Radio • 1920- Westinghouse workers send music and baseball games over radio waves • KDKA in Pittsburgh was the first for profit radio station in US (1st broadcast was Harding Pres. election) • WWJ in Detroit soon follows
(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
Advertisers included Wrigleys, Maxwell House, Campbell’s, General Electric
Other Trends • Flagpole sitting- “Shipwreck” Kelly- 49 days! • Beauty pageants- Miss America
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
Jazz musicians • Louie Armstrong- trumpet • Duke Ellington- piano, composer, band leader • George Gershwin- composer