Alisha's+Media+Project

Within the past fifty years the influence of media has grown exonentially. Society depends on information and communication everyday. The Year 1920:** -First cross-country airmail flight in the United States. -Transcontinental airmail in the United States. -After 21 years, Japanese movie makers start using actresses. -Japan has become the world's second largest book-publishing nation. -In England, Marconi creates the first short wave radio connection. -AT&T, GE, RCA patent agreement permits radio equipment manufacturing. -The press release. -Stanley and Helen Resor introduce psychological ad research. -Baseball's World Series is reported by radio. -Quartz crystals keep radio signals from wandering. -Skywriting. -Western Union begins wirephoto service. -Photographs can be transmitted by wire across the Atlantic. -Many radio licenses are issued. Many radio "firsts," especially sports. -The radio license floodgates open, but only three frequencies in U.S. -American introduces radio to the Philippines (Imperialism). -Comic books were introduced. -BBC goes on air. -Movie tickets were sold weekly, 40 million. - Singers desert phonograph horn mouths for acoustic studios. -The first portable radio. Experimental car radio. -On a Schenectady, NY, station, the first radio drama is presented. -Neon Signs -Kodak introduces home movie equipment. -A half a million radio sets were manufactured in the United States. -16 mm nonflammable film makes its debut. -"Jelly Roll" Morton composes jazz. - In the U.S., creation of the National Association of Broadcasters. -King George V speech broadcast over BBC radio. -Two and a half million radio sets in the U.S. -All-electric recorder and phonograph are built. -The first Walt Disney cartoon, //Alice's Wonderland.// -At KDKA, Conrad sets up a short-wave radio transmitter. -The Goodyear blimp floats ads through the sky. -From France, a wide-screen film. -Bell Telephone Labs transmit film by television. -NBC is formed and takes over AT&T Red Network. -Robert Goddard launches the liquid-fuel rocket. -International airmail. -The film //Napoleon// tries wide-screen and multi-screen effects. -Times Square gets moving headlines in electric lights. -In an experiment, television crosses the Atlantic. -Hollywood makes it first musical.
 * Mass Media Influence**
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media type="youtube" key="o5yvMExqKNA" height="212" width="250" By 1923 well over three million Americans owned a portable radio. The radio was first used to promote newspapers and were operated by non-profit organizations, colleges and universities. media type="youtube" key="zeIXfdogJbA" height="195" width="254" The radio's success as a mass communication tool attracted advertisers to market their wares to a large and growing audience. The radio was percieved as a more effective way to communicate and advertise rather than print. Those who couldn't read could also grasp the spoken word. Also, many non-english speaking immigrants listened to the radio to familiarize themselves with the language and customs of the United States.
 * The Radio**
 * Advertising**

Instead of illustrations, bold graphics and photographs were used. Celebrity endourcements were used to encourage people to buy the product, which also lead to false claims. Good advertising had the power to bring success to several businesses or salvage discredited products.

Alice and Wonderland was the first movie to be seen in theaters by Walt-Disney pictures.
 * The Cinemas**

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