20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age

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20.2 Mass Media and the Jazz Age
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• Hollywood came about because of variety of
  landscapes, warm climate, and a lot of sunlight
  needed for films.

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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
  (pop125mill).

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• 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.

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• 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 Pittsburghs KDKA.

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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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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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.

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