The Influence of Television on American History

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To buy a television it was like to buy a brand new car. In the 1907 the word television was used by scientific American magazine to describe the transmission of moving picture. John L. Baird, a Scottish inventor first telecasted and object in motion in England, 1926 using mechanical television. In 1923 Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian born American and father of modern television and Philo Taylor invented modern television by using electronic scanning of imaginary on television. On September 7, 1927, Farnsworth successfully demonstrated the transmission of television signal. Television innovations from 1930-1960 created a new way for the entire country to be involved with the current events.
In 1939 television was introduced to public at New York World’s Fair “The World of Tomorrow” (Frau-Meigs n.pag). Before that, educator used television as a tool for instruction. “DuMont marketed the first all-electronic home television set” (Garvin 945-946), which allowed the people to watch moving pictures. In 1939, RCA- Radio Corporation of America Transmitted images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt While he was speaking at the opening of the New York World’s Fair, He was the first president to appear on television. The role of the American media changed by the arrival of television during the 1930s. New and entertainment was transmitted throughout the nation by the large broadcast stations. Americans social life was changed, who began to stay home more often than not to take in their entertainment. The phenomenon of bringing both pictures and sound to a home audience would soon shake the position of radio and print media.
Television became the most powerful mass medium by over throwing radio and print media by 1950s. Television start...

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...on and bring pleasure in the form of entertainment. Even though television, a technology that produce moving picture and current events affected the lives of America from 1930s to 1960s. They found a way to recuperate by minimizing the use of television and maximizing the use of the outside world.

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