The Effects Of Television On The World

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

Around the world, The United States is widely known as a leader in mass media production, like television and movies. There are very few inventions that have affected America as much as the television. Before 1947, the number of TV’s in the US could be measured in thousands, and by the late 1990’s about 98% of homes had at least one television set in it, which were on for on average, more than seven hours a day. The Typical American spends about 3-5 hours watching TV a day. TV became a way for Americans to either escape their lifestyle, relate to it, or keep up with current events. It has become a tool that the US uses to relate to each other

As the television was brought in to homes across America, it was evident how incredibly engaging and extremely influential this . For example, television was live and the people were able to see the events that were being broadcasted. Compared to the older forms of technology like newspapers and radio, the television was much more powerful in the way that it allowed peoples to physically see events occurring rather than to read about them or listen to them. Moreover, the characteristics of the television played a huge role in politics throughout the United States.

Americans’ everyday life. The Golden Age of television was a period of intense growth and expansion of

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

     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

In the center of millions of homes in America, you will find a television. Since 1962, television has educated, cultivated, inspired, and intrigued people all over the world. Making this great device was far more complicated than what we know today.

Television’s rise of popularity had a strict impact on the 1950’s and the America we know today, both positively and negatively. According to James L. Baughman, ” … an unpublished NBC study indicated that only 9 percent of all homes in South Dakota had TV sets…”. “Until 1955, most homes in America did not own a television. The rate of TV’s in homes, though, increased by 82.8% from 1948-1958. A possible explanation for the sudden rise of popularity in television could be explained by looking at the past. In the past eras, Americans had been threatened, and were still being threatened with the burdens of the Depression and the Cold War (Wright and Press 729). Perhaps the citizens of the US wanted to push their troubles beside and enjoy relaxing with their family, likely by watching their television set. However, “It sent

Television has been a huge part of our culture since the early 1950s. Although it was developed early, because of World War II commercial broadcasting was put on hold until after the war. Since 1950 television has progressed rapidly. In the 60s color television was invented which brought shows to a whole new level. Primitive forms of cable television existed as early as 1948 but cable did not become a significant medium until the 80s. Everyone in the country was watching the big four networks which were CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox Network. Fox Network came later on but made a big impact (Hanson, 2016, p.222). One of the most popular types of shows on these networks are situational comedies or sitcoms (British Comedy Guide). Sitcoms

By 1960, close to 50 million homes owned a television set which dramatically changed how the American family spent their leisure time together. Instead of attending the movie theaters on a Friday night it was much more convenient to entertain yourself at home by watching the television, which on average; was watched five hours a day. Needless to say, the television was now a staple of the American culture.

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

The invention of television has impacted American society positively, because it helps spread information faster and influences the way people think about important social issues. It is estimated that about 15 million Americans watch the Cable News Network, CNN, at least once a day and millions more tune in abroad (Stark). In the news culture, information has become presented to the public quicker throughout the years. This causes news to be digested faster as well. In fact, events, such as election results or political choices, have become frequently analyzed before they even take place. For example, the effects of Clinton’s bombing of Iraq, in the summer of 1996, were being explored before a weapon had even been fired (Stark). The spread

TV, more commonly known as ‘television’ is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. In ancient Greek tèle means ‘far', and in Latin visio means sight. From my perspective and many people of the world television has changed the way we live. Television has brought many amazing things, however nothing is perfect.

Over the last forty to fifty years, television has been a major topic of discussion. Specifically, many debate societal benefits to television watching. One widely accepted opinion is that watching TV makes people dumber. People have referred to it with terms like the “idiot box” and do not feel that watching TV has any benefit at all. They feel that it is a waste of time and people need to spend their hours more wisely. Others are of the opinion that TV is actually has societal benefits. From this perspective, they claim that the development of the structure of the programs now requires one to intellectually participate in watching television. Essentially, the argument is whether TV is a beneficial societal force or is it simply a

Role of TV For the past 5 or 6 decades now the role of the television has been highly pronounced. But the major role TV has taken upon itself is to inform the public about almost everything. There is hardly a channel or network that does not cover this issue or that one. Nothing escapes the media. But has it really been that efficient that it has been able to control and inform about these natural and human generated tragedies? Of late the opinion has been that TV goes too far in its detailed coverage of tragedies and catastrophes. The best example that can be sighted is that of September 11, the recent and last Gulf War, the crash of Concorde in France and so on. There is so much of noise in the air and the exposure is so excessive and heavy that one does not even realize the difference. It almost kills our sensibilities and our feeling of involvement and our sense of what it means to be human is limited to what we see or witness second hand or first hand while sitting in our lounges at our homes. Privacy and publicity has a very thin and fine line but in case of Television where does one begin and the other end? That is the answer that eludes us still. Was it not the media that cashed out and some believe even led to the death of Princess Diana. Same were the people to benefit out of deaths of various other celebrities and almost everyone had an opinion to render. Does any of this really concern anybody and do people have the right to expose and invade and intrude upon