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Michael Bussanich
30 April 2014
Professor Olsen
How did different political systems utilize mass culture?
Before World War 1 mobilized entire societies to produce and fight, parliamentary regimes had began to democratize granting non-property holders and women to vote, meanwhile authoritarian regimes had already started to mobilize the people into mass organizations. This is when mass cultures had come into factor, which made spanned geographic and class divides. During mass culture there were new technologies such as the radio and filming. During the raring 20’s there was mass production and mass consumption. After ten years of everything going right for America. On October 24, 1929 the American stock market had collapsed putting Americas economy in the dust. Mass culture started off with new forms of technologies for mass communication and entertainment. The new forms of communication were originally for wartime and meant as wartime products. In efforts of populations of total war being mobilized, leaders had dissembled propaganda as never before through public lectures, theatrical productions, musical compositions, and newspapers. The war’s impact politicized culture activities while broadening the audience with information and entertainment. Before the war mass culture was extraordinary. It started of different from elite culture such as opera, classical music, paintings, and literature. It was reflected from the working and middle classes who had more money and time to spend on entertainment. The radio had become a huge factor of communication when it was introduced in the golden ages after World War 1. During the 1920’s powerful transmitters permitted stations to reach much longer audiences with nationally syndicated programs. The radio had broadcasts that gave the audience a sense familiarity with newscasters and stars for addressing consumers. During the late 20’s two-thirds of homes in the United State had a radio. A decade later, Britain had
30 April 2014
Professor Olsen
How did different political systems utilize mass culture?
Before World War 1 mobilized entire societies to produce and fight, parliamentary regimes had began to democratize granting non-property holders and women to vote, meanwhile authoritarian regimes had already started to mobilize the people into mass organizations. This is when mass cultures had come into factor, which made spanned geographic and class divides. During mass culture there were new technologies such as the radio and filming. During the raring 20’s there was mass production and mass consumption. After ten years of everything going right for America. On October 24, 1929 the American stock market had collapsed putting Americas economy in the dust. Mass culture started off with new forms of technologies for mass communication and entertainment. The new forms of communication were originally for wartime and meant as wartime products. In efforts of populations of total war being mobilized, leaders had dissembled propaganda as never before through public lectures, theatrical productions, musical compositions, and newspapers. The war’s impact politicized culture activities while broadening the audience with information and entertainment. Before the war mass culture was extraordinary. It started of different from elite culture such as opera, classical music, paintings, and literature. It was reflected from the working and middle classes who had more money and time to spend on entertainment. The radio had become a huge factor of communication when it was introduced in the golden ages after World War 1. During the 1920’s powerful transmitters permitted stations to reach much longer audiences with nationally syndicated programs. The radio had broadcasts that gave the audience a sense familiarity with newscasters and stars for addressing consumers. During the late 20’s two-thirds of homes in the United State had a radio. A decade later, Britain had