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media type="youtube" key="gdK37odGSEo" height="385" width="480" __New media in the 1920's__ > Explanation: New media in the 1920's represents change in America culture because it marked a time when technology increased. This technology included radios along with new newspapers and magazines. American culture includes many topics that impacts American's everyday lives. With the production of magazines and newspapers the American society is now more informed and culture is improved. With the radio and the advances it made in the 1920's it let culture become more advanced. Nicole Donnellan Becca Gilbert Liz Mahn
 * [|LIFE magazine 1920]**
 * In the 1920's the radio dominated (librarythinkquest.org)
 * By 1923 about three million Americans owned a radio (librarythinkquest.org)
 * Film making became the forth largest industry in the 1920's (The Americans)
 * Hollywood was Americas movie capital ( The Americans)
 * By mid-1920's thirty six million Americans read newspapers and increases eight million from pre-war years( The Americans)
 * The //Daily Mirro//r in New York City featured stories about murders, kidnappings, and they used bold lettering to ketch the readers. ( The Americas)
 * //Time Magazine// became popular ( The Americans)
 * By the end of the 1920's ten American magazines posted a circulation of more than two million each. ( The Americans)
 * Popular magazines were //Life//, //Smart Set,// //American Mercury,// and //The New Yorker//. ( The Americans)
 * Magazines featured a blend of fiction, cartoons, articles, and tales of crime. ( The Americans)
 * 1929 Americans spent 850 million in radio equipment and NBC was charging advertisers to sponsor and hour long program ( The Americans)
 * By 1930 40% of U.S households had radios (The Americans)
 * Charlie Chaplin was one of the most famous people in the movie industry (The Americans)
 * 1927 Hollywood released the Jazz singer, first major film with sound. (The Americans)
 * With the coming of "talkies" movie attendance doubled (The Americans)
 * By 1930 billions of Americas went to the movies every week ( The Americans)media type="youtube" key="ytPOFPMXEvo" height="385" width="480"