Negative Effects on Older Modes of Transportation in the '20s Other modes of transportation had to be pushed aside in order to make room for the more comfortable and convenient automobile. Higham, John. No longer would frenzied political rallies stoke mob feeling to manipulate voters opinions. 5. Whether those transformations were a boon or bane to society provoked as compelling a debate then as do the changes wrought by social media and the Internet today. Mitchell now became the leading figure in a movement promoting what its members called "100 percent Americanism." Networks like the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) took the reins of nationwide broadcasting, and the federal government brought order to the airwaves by assigning broadcasting frequencies. Chicago Historical Society. But this campaign has been almost a funeral procession for the old-fashioned spellbinder. He set about giving the group a more political focus, and gradually the Klan gained more influence as politicians sought its endorsement. Some people liked the changes while others did not accept these changes. Advertising Impact in the 1920s. Woodfords listeners are dull. The years between 1920 and 1929 are called the Roaring Twenties, a term that calls up images of happy people dancing the Charleston (a popular dance of the period), listening to jazz in Harlem nightclubs, or piling into Model Ts (an inexpensive car made by the Ford Motor Company) for rides through the city streets. Radio appeals to mass audiences more than old-fashioned political rallies. Just like the television, the social media poses negative threats to the society such as cyber-bulling and how it shapes ones idea to have suicidal thoughts and making them believe that suicide is the only way to resolve problems. All the modern host needs is his sixteen-tube Super-sophistication [radio] and a ration of gin. //