THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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broadcast updates about the growing “Dust Bowl.”
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it helped to create a common culture in the United States.
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people could keep posted on all news about the war with Japan.
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those in the city could hear Broadway plays instead of attending them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What made the radio important in the 1920s? In the 1920s, radio was able to bridge the divide in American culture from coast to coast. It was more effective than print media at sharing thoughts, culture, language, style, and more. For this reason, the importance of radio was more than just entertainment.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the radio, Americans from coast to coast could listen to exactly the same programming. This had the effect of smoothing out regional differences in dialect, language, music, and even consumer taste. Radio also transformed how Americans enjoyed sports.
Detailed explanation-3: -Radio drew the nation together by bringing news, entertainment, and advertisements to more than 10 million households by 1929. Radio blunted regional differences and imposed similar tastes and lifestyles. No other media had the power to create heroes and villains so quickly.
Detailed explanation-4: -Radio fostered a real-time national conversation during challenging times of Depression and world war. And it became the single greatest force (before television and the internet) in developing a mass culture of sports, entertainment, news and advertising.
Detailed explanation-5: -They began broadcasting things like popular music, classical music, sporting events, lectures, fictional stories, newscasts, weather reports, market updates, and political commentary.