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Mass Media & Jazz Age

Mass Media & Jazz Age. Ch. 13, Sec. 2. The Mass Media. Before mass media, people did not share same cultures, ideas, didn’t know about rest of country Mass media brought information to the masses through movies, radio, newspapers and magazines. Mass Media. The Jazz Age

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Mass Media & Jazz Age

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  1. Mass Media & Jazz Age Ch. 13, Sec. 2

  2. The Mass Media • Before mass media, people did not share same cultures, ideas, didn’t know about rest of country • Mass media brought information to the masses through movies, radio, newspapers and magazines

  3. Mass Media

  4. The Jazz Age • African Americans created jazz in South • With Great Migration and radio, it began to be heard by everyone • Young people loved to dance to it

  5. Movies and Newspapers • Movies • 1929: total pop. = 125 million; ticket sales = 80 million • 1927 = The Jazz Singer, first movie with sound (“talkies”) • Newspapers and magazines • Size of newspaper grew to 50 pages plus • Newspaper chains bought out smaller newspapers • Gain more advertisement the larger the circulation • Tabloids: sensational headlines, lots of pics • Entertainment, sports and sensational stories

  6. Radio • Radio • Before 1920, few people owned radios • One guy started broadcasting music and ballgame scores • Created first radio station • Soon NBC linked many stations together • People listened to same shows, etc

  7. Jazz Age

  8. Jazz Age • Jazz Clubs and Dance Halls • 500 clubs in Harlem • Black performers played for white audiences • Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington • Flappers did the Charleston (new dance) • The Jazz Spirit • Jazz influence other art (jazz poetry) (jazz painting) • George Gershwin: mixes jazz with symphony • Rhapsody in Blue

  9. Louis Armstrong

  10. Duke Ellington

  11. Harlem Renaissance

  12. Harlem Rennisance • Harlem becomes the cultural center for African American writers, poets, and jazz musicians. • Writers like Langston Hughes write about the African American experience and inspire young blacks to contribute to overall culture.

  13. The Harlem Renaissance • The Harlem Renaissance • Harlem pop. Grows from 50,000 (1914) to 200,000 (1930) • Location of African American literary awakening • Langston Hughes most well know African American poet today • Jazz explodes in Harlem

  14. Harlem, NY. Located on the Northwestern side of the island of Manhattan.

  15. Langston Hughes

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