Informative Speech On Philo Farnsworth's Affects Us Today

On May 9, 1961 Newton Minow gave a speech known as “Television and the Public Interest” to the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. He gave this speech after being appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commision to inform broadcasters that television is in need of higher quality programming for the public interest.

The first TV was created in 1927 by Philo Taylor Francisco, a regular man from Utah. It only had one channel until 1936. Today the television has thousands of channels broadcasted 27/7. When first created, seeing one was rare, and you were lucky to own one, today it is hard to leave the house and not see one. This can affect a person negatively or positively. Using a publically involved example like an election, the tv can be a great thing to pay attention to, because it provides information about the two opposing candidates, it provides current polls and how each candidate is doing, and it also shows how the people are handling it and their opinions.

Newsfront (1978) is about the commencement of Australian television. It notions the changing times; the context before the television was a household object.

The introduction of television casted a wave of change in the lives of the American public. In Gary Edgerton’s The Columbia History of American Television, he described the uprising of television, “involved the most extensive and ballyhooed series of public relations events ever staged around any mass medium in American history. “ (Edgerton, p.1) The first presentation of television played a pivotal role on how the American public adopted the new medium of technology and communication. I will explore the grand manner of how television was presented to the American public during the early years by the direction of David Sarnoff, and televised special of the 1939 World’s fair. In addition, how this presentation of television generated the acceptation

had been around for decades, but it was not until the 1920’s that scientists perfected the advanced technology. Many inventors came into play when it came to the various systems used to create the first T.V., but no one is to be named the “inventor.” Scientists spent decades trying to find a breakthrough, and it was not until the 21th century that it was found. Charles Francis Jenkin’s system helped lead to the first construction of the T.V. He had demonstrated a scanning system with a revolving disk, he called it “radio vision.” Jenkins system worked but the images were blurry. Another inventor named Herbert E. Ives invented his own system called the “185 line system.” Philo Taylor Farnsworth was another key inventor. In 1927, he developed the “image dissector.” This was the first ever working electronic camera tube. Philo was motivated by his system and continued trying. His hard work led him to invent the first fully electronic T.V. system. A radio corporation named the RCA, was very intrigued by his work and sent their own engineer to Philo’s lab. This engineer perfected Philo’s “iconoscope;” a camera tube ("History of Television”). After this perfection of the T.V., the United States of America was changed forever. Soon after, there was a rapid growth in technology. The T.V. brought entertainment and opened peoples eyes to the good and bad parts of American culture, through the images and movies shown on the screen. Today, over 238 million T.V.’s

Television has brought our nation closer together than before and that more people of the American Society can also be a part of the political movement. Also in Source A, “Not even the sky’s the limit” according

As mentioned before, television was first introduced to the public at the World’s Fair in 1939. Yet because of World War II, it was not fully able to make its

Four million babies were born each year, the introduction to rock and roll music took place, and more schools and homes were constructed in its cities (History), having a great impact on America and its people at this time. But nothing had as big of an impact on American society and its peoples ideas, as the grand emersion of the television. “Television was not merely entertainment. It was a teacher, offering lessons in what was acceptable in society.” (Stereotypes, page 3) Television and it’s forms of entertainment itself, changed the way people saw gender, class, and moral values

The number of commercial TV stations rose from 69 to 566. The advertisers paid these TV stations and the network's rose from $58 million to $1.5 billion. Television had a positive impact not just the U.S but worldwide and it helped our society today and it also had a positive impact on the American Dream because it gave families entertainment so it could bring families closer

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, television quickly emerged into a popular and greatly desired entertainment system in America. Although expensive, the television was still found in over fifty million American homes. Socially, the television not only embellished what the time period believed to be the “ideal” family, but the new technology also helped pull women closer to a world vacant of sexism and stereotypes, while also drawing African Americans closer to a society without racism, segregation, and prejudice. As well as social benefits, the television substantially impacted the world of politics by airing the platforms of political candidates and broadcasting important news concerning America. Additionally, the fields of advertising and

     What role does television play in society? For decades we have seen many parts of our world rapidly going through changes in technology. Today’s society has been transformed by means of communication and the available information through mass media. Most Americans rely on television for news, sports, and entertainment. Television is just one of the many examples of how technology has changed our lives. Since the invention of the television in the early 1900’s, it has played a very important role in our lives. Having a television set in the home has become very essential in today’s society. We depend on it to entertain us with its sitcoms and to inform us about current world issues. The

Then in 1906, Philo Taylor Farnsworth who was twenty-one years old at that time invented electrical Television on September 7th, 1927. During that time, electrical television was still black and white; later on colour television was first introduced in the United States in 1953. Television moved from just news and silent films to soap operas, cartoons, music videos and other types of informational and entertainment things which influences us positively and negatively.

Television is one of the most popular ways to consume media. However, television wasn’t always the way it is today. Many changes took place in the television industry during the 1980s. Some of the important changes that took place in the 1980s were the new types of programming, the increase in the popularity of cable television, and new technology that was invented such as the remote control. Television had a huge effect on society through the way if affected the ways children could be educated and what people watched. It impacted technology through changes in how people watched television and what people could record and watch on television. It also had an enormous effect on the economy through changes in competition in the television industry and how musicians and their music could be made popular. Television in America in the 1980s affected society, technology, and the economy.

The family television is one of the oldest, most loved pastimes, and is thought to be one the greatest inventions. By the push of a

History of television and its influence on people lives. How did television revolutionize the world?