Essay on Television in the Fifties

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

Television has had many changes in pop culture since 1945 and has been an important part of Australia 's national identity. Television was first introduced in Australia in September 1956, which was introduced just before the 1956 Olympics hosted in Melbourne, television was first screened in grainy black and white. For the first few years after television had been released in Australia, television was mainly dominated by American programs, however in a few years it had become the most popular form of entertainment. Television decreased the audience of the radio programs and in 1965 it was around 9 out of 10 Australian families that owned a Television set. By 1959, it was estimated that over 50 percent of families in Sydney owned a television set. Early Australian television broadcast news, quiz programmes, movies, music programmes and sport. There was only a few television studios to produce programs in Australia at the time which meant most local content had to be broadcasted live. In 1966 Australia

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.

about. The 1940’s and 1950’s marked the era in which television really began to take hold in the

The advent of television also caused a great impact in the American society that brought huge changes in the economy. American families during the 1950s started to replace radios, newspapers, and magazines as the leading media entertainment with televisions. They became common for families to unite and watch TV shows at noon. “Television as a product itself influenced the economy, creating what quickly became an essential household item. By 1957, over 40 million TVs were in American households”. Fundamentally, television altered how Americans utilize their free time, but economically there was even a major impact. Businesses around the country started to use the TV for advertising and marketing to sell their products easier. TV commercials

Television invented in the late year of 1927. One of the world’s greatest inventions, but just because TV is a great invention, doesn’t mean it’s always the best thing for the audience. Here are some pros, cons, and my opinion on TV.

As life was progressing in the fifties, we see that a prominent aspect during that period was the constant flux of new inventions. These inventions were all created with a specific member of the family in mind. For example; inventions such as nonstick Teflon pans were created for the mother of the family who was the cook of the family. Super glue was invented for the father who was the repairman of the family. For the children, there were three renowned toys that made their first appearance in the fifties. These items were the hula hoops, Barbie dolls, and Mr. Potato head (Bellis). Although there was one invention that targeted the whole entire family and this item had a massive impact upon society. It changed the way that people got information and entertainment. In fact, this chain effect was so great that even today in our modern society we are still able to feel it. This revolutionary change was called television.

It wasn’t until the 1960s that the television became an everyday commodity in society. To go along with the already popular dramas and comedies, tv became a major outlet for news as CBS evening news and 60 minutes debuted (Herman). Sports broadcasting also made huge strides during the early 1960s as Wide World of Sports aired on ABC, instant replay became a standard in sports broadcasting, CBS and NBC both broadcasted Super Bowl one in color (Herman). As television gained popularity the range of the topics presented on television shows went to more controversial and relevant topics in hopes to relate with the typical viewer. The subjects of the television shows for the most part have stayed the same over the past 40 years, but some have

In June 25, 1951, CBS aired the first commercial for colored TV show, but not many could really watch considering most Americans had black and white TV’s. In 1950 CBS and the RCA were

During the 1950’s the television was making its way into almost everyone’s life. The television was not very popular at first until the price went down and more people purchased it for their homes (McCormack 1). One source says, “By 1962

For Americans, the 1960’s were a time of both unnerving turmoil and exciting change. Following on the heels of the 1950’s themes of tradition and conformity, the contrasting events and attitudes in the sixties constituted a perfect storm leading to a reconstruction of American social, cultural, and political ideals. Although each decade has experienced identifying features, events occurring during the sixties provided for a definitive coming of age era for the United States. While much of this revolution can be attributed to the events themselves, the medium used for disseminating these ideas bears some of the responsibility. Throughout the decade television replaced radio and newspaper as the primary source of news and entertainment.

The coloured television was first introduced in 1951. CBS was the first to broadcast their first coloured commercial. At this time though there

The ‘Golden Age of Television’ is what many refer to as the period between the 1950s and 60s when the television began to establish itself as a prevalent medium in the United States. In 1947, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the Du Mont Network were the four main television networks that ran stations with regular programming taking place. (Television, 2003) While regular television programming was a new innovation, the television itself had been commercially available for over twenty years prior to the 50s. It was conceived by many worldly innovators and went through several testing stages before it was finally completed in the late twenties. The

Television sets were commercially available since the late 1920s but in very small quantities. Since then television had become a bit more common in houses or business institutions because of it’s purposes. Which are entertainment, and news. In the 1950s, television shaped public opinion among citizens. After the

Century Broadcasting Network has thousands of shareholders which we have pledged to continually strive to provide the highest quality of television programming at the lowest possible cost. This ensures that ROI’s are profitable without compromising quality. This is a great challenge considering the rate to which the technology used in entertainment programming is changing. With analog equipment we easily can get 10+ years out of the components. Conversely with HDTV we would be lucky to achieve 4-5 years for most components. Because of this rate of change and our promise to shareholders, we are exploring new ways to use COTS, commercial off-the-shelf, components to accomplish our goal of transitioning our entire line-up to HDTV format.