During the time period following World War 1 but before the Great Depression, Americans oversaw many changes to their society. American workers were given less hours to work and higher wages. With so much time and money on the people's hands, they began to spend their money in leisure activities.

The radio brought together 10 million Americans for news, entertainment, and advertisement. During this time period of the 1920s, many people listened to the radio to distract themselves from the Great Depression. The news on the radio was provided to all people, including those who were unable to have the paper because they lived in remote areas. The media allowed for many artists an opportunity to show their talent to listeners of the radio.

The phonograph allowed for Americans to listen to music of their own choice. With the radio, the music was chosen for them as someone else was choosing what to play. With this device, genres of music like Jazz and the Blues became popular. They also began to record their own music with the phonograph

Film Industry took its modern form. The industry shifted from New York to Hollywood because of cheap labor and land. Movies in the cinema industry created new popular culture with common speech, dress, behavior, and heroes among the American Society. Almost 75% of the American Society attended movie watching on a weekly basis and almost 700 moved were produced yearly. Famous film companies like Century Fox, Paramount, and MGM began to take control of the film industry. Disney Studios was also introduced in 1923 and in 1927 audio was added to film. This rid of the silent films.

Jazz became a popular genre of music. It was developed by African Americans and had ragtime, European, blues influences to the music of Jazz. Music accompanied many of the musicals released during the 1920s. Artists became prominent with the use of the radio

During the 20s sports rose in the American society. Audiences enjoyed going to sports games, especially baseball games, and idolized celebrities of the games. One powerful icon rose during this era by the name of George Herman Ruth or also called "Babe" Ruth. He was an immensely popular baseball player and attracted many Americans to baseball games. Many of these athletes had the status of celebrities and were looked up upon greatly.