Media Analysis

The 1920 's in America was a time of unprecedented growth and cultural expansion , up to that time , than ever before . America had come back from Europe victorious in the Great War and the great cities like Chicago and New York , along with the rest of the country , was now a creditor nation . This growth helped to spark the second industrial revolution in which consumerism helped to drive the needs and wants of its people . More and more inventions which the modern American takes for granted started to flood into the culture at

this time . This increase in consumerism was spurred on by the gains which technology helped to make possible . The 1920 's was a very important year for the media in this country and which served as not only one of the most interesting but important decades for this medium of American culture . Television was invented in this decade but would not be introduced on a national level until the 1939 World Fair and that was only a demonstration . People got their news through the newsreels at the movies , radio , for the few people that had then but mostly through newss . The latter was the most important and influential medium for Americans to receive their news . In New York City , there were seventeen daily newss with some turning out more than one edition a day . Eventually , the influence of the radio and television would come onto the national scene and usurp the influence that those mediums had on the 1920 's but with most mediums which have such an important and resounding influence on the nation and its culture , it had to have a beginning and for radio and motion pictures which portrayed the news , the 1920 's contributed a great deal to the formation and growth of these

The 1920 's was one of the most important years for popular culture in this country 's history . Some would say that the terms pop culture and important ' being used in the same sentence would be an oxymoron and usually , I would not be in the 1920 's ushered in a greater understanding of the country which was on the move and sought a higher standard of living then ever before This newer sense of worldly capitalism came from technology and much of that was within the media . The 1930 's and the 1940 's would eclipse the 1920 's in its dependence upon the radio . However , its importance at this time cannot be overlooked . In moving the consumerism that would help to define the decade , the radio was able to reach the masses in a way that was unthinkable just a decade before . One example was a simple advertisement in New York City for apartments in one of its Burroughs . This single thirty second advertisement spot created a rush of phone calls to the realtor in charge of the properties that the main phone server was shut down . Over 150 ,000 of apartments were bought in a single...