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Influence of Mass Media in 1920s American Entertainment Culture

Explore the impact of mass media on American entertainment culture during the 1920s, including the rise of Hollywood, the introduction of sound film, emergence of jazz, and literary movements like the Lost Generation and Harlem Renaissance.

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Influence of Mass Media in 1920s American Entertainment Culture

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  1. Chapter 20 Section 2 Cecil B. DeMille- Hollywood- entertainment- film industry

  2. Chapter 20 Section 2 continued • Mass media- print, film, and broadcast methods- large numbers of people • First sound film- The Jazz Singer • Newspapers and magazines • Tabloids- compact newspaper- large headlines • Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest, Ladies’ Home Journal, Time • Marconi- radio- 1896 • Jazz arrives- New Orleans • 1920’s- Jazz Age

  3. Chapter 20 Section 2 continued • Benny Goodman- “King of Swing” • Literature- Sinclair Lewis • Babbit, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry • First American to receive the Nobel peace prize for literature • Lost Generation- group of people disconnected from their country and its values • Harlem Renaissance- African American literary awakening

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