How did mass media affect sports in the 1920s?
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Correct answer: It turned athletes into national celebrities
Radio broadcasts and newspapers helped make athletes famous beyond their local communities. Figures such as Babe Ruth became national celebrities in the expanding mass culture of the 1920s.
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