Walt Disney: The Influence Of The Mass Media

In 1964 Walt Disney built four rides for the World’s Fair in New York. He discovered people loved his ideas in the Eastern U.S. just as much as the Western U.S. citizens did. ( “ History of Disney World”. ) One of the best theme parks in the world came from the visions of a man named Walt Disney. He wanted to create a safe, family friendly theme park that all ages could enjoy, and he did just that. People wonder how Walt Disney thought of disney world, how it became so popular, how he had such an influence on the mass media, and whether they should hate it or love it.
Walt Disneys ideas for Disney World came from his other theme park, Disneyland. He wanted Disney World to be able to function as a city all on its own. Sadly, Walt Disney died before construction began. His brother, Roy Disney took over Walt’s ideas. Roy first built a theme park , Magic Kingdom, two resort hotels, and a campground. Disney World became very popular very quickly. Walt Disney used “fake” corporations to buy 27,000 acres of land. He did this so he would not attract attention to himself but, a reporter from the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper found out all the land belonged to Walt. Out of the 27,000 acres of
Walt Disney made movies that were appealing to families, 240 million people have at least seen one Disney movie, 800 million have read at least one Disney comic book or magazine. Walt Disney used early film technology in the 1920’s to make short animated films. He produced an one hour film every week. “ Disney made changes that began in 1920 when he first used the newest mass media vehicle - moving picture - for short animated films, and ended with television programs, high tech, full length animated films and amusement parks where the families can be entertained for a week.” (Walt Disney and his influence on the Mass