1930s
The radio was the main communication device in this time period. News and commercials were played through the radio to get the message out to people. The radio was very important because the president of the United States would talk to the people through the radio about politics, the economy, important events, etc. The radio later advances in the next decades. The first telephone came out in the 1930s but was only used by individual companies. Other forms of communication people used was mail and newspaper. Writing letters from person to person was an effective way of communication. Its not a fast process but it works. A faster to get information from person to person was by newspaper. Newspaper had daily news and whats happening around you in our world. The 1930s was the depression era and the newspaper was a good source to know whats happening in the economy, and even looking for jobs because jobs were scarce in the 1930s.