The 1920s became known as a memorable era for being a time when new products, new ways of marketing and advertising, and standardization gave the country new ways to interact, have fun and introduce them to new products. Although very common today, the standardization of mass culture such as magazines, radio, movies, music, and sports were exciting innovations for people of this time. Not only did they distract from the monotony and stress of work, they created celebrities that people aspired to be like. Similar to companies standardizing in the production and advertising of consumer goods, the practice of mass producing culture standardized and accelerated in the 1920s. Radio became a national obsession. What started as just a few independent stations soon evolved into huge networks, and sponsored programming became popular. Films during this period became accepted by all social classes as they expanded from rowdy nickelodeons to uptown movie theaters. With audiences approaching 80 million people a week, corporate giants Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers and Columbia created the hit ...