Television

The history of television interwines with that of older, related media: telegraph, telephone, film, rádio and the recording arts. Television revolutionised US life in the 1950s.
TV brodcasts began in the 1930s, but World War II tied up technical resources and the real growth of TV began around 1949. Humor, action, drama, songs, celebrities, something for the kids – the formula for TV entertainment changed little after its development in the 1950s. A decade later, what was golden were commercials: more than 20 na hour bombarded daytime viewers. The 50s were boom times for television. More than 500 sitations now dotted the land. Some 40 million television homes watched na average of five hours of programming a day. Ten thousands of sponsors supported the programmes at a cost almost a billion dollars a year. By the end of 1957 more than a hundred series of television films were on the ari or in production. In the 60s, half the people depended primarily on television for their news. TV pulled viewers close to war and riot. TV news also presented moments of triump. Millions saw man arrive on the moon. Television merged with the environment. In a few decades television has grown from a toy to a popular diversion, to a pipeline to millions.
The cultural impacto f TV came from its ability to deliver the same entertainment and advertising to the entire nation at once, thus creating the expectation that people everywhere should look alike, talk alike, and act alike.

By Andreia