1. The History of Television and Its Affects
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The History of Television and Its Affects
By: Tierney Mahone, Katherine Wilcox, and Sylvia Marie Rodriguez

2. Life Before Television
Life before television was very different from today. People found their entertainment and news from a little box called a radio
The radio was the main point for leisure and information.
People would turn on the radio and listen to whatever broadcast that was on—just like we do today with the television
Families would come together after dinner and listen to the broadcast.
Many families did this during World War II so they would be able to hear what was going on the American Front.
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3. The Television Before 1921
Before the 1921 design of the television, there had been other attempts, and it had followed the ancestral design of 1884
The 1884 invention that was being improved on was the scanning disk
This invention was a disk that had holes in it.
It would spin in front of something. At the same time a photoelectric cell would record the changes in the light
It would show different pictures as it spun
Was not like a normal television
Could not show action or scan pictures
People and other inventors wanted to make it better
A Scanning Disk that would go into the scanning disk television
Scanning Disk Television

4. Philo Farnsworth and His Contribution to the Television
In 1921, a young 14 year old Mormon named Philo Farnsworth had a brilliant idea while working in the field of his father’s farm
Found out that a beam, a electron beam could scan a picture by horizontal lines
When the picture is scanned it would come back at the same time
This was the major break through that set the improvement and invention of the television of today in motion
When he was 16 he had given his teacher a picture that he had drawn that turned electricity into pictures
Learned about physics at the University of Utah
Made plans to gather money to make his “image dissector”
Transmitted the first human picture
Eliminated the motor from the TV so it would not have any moving parts in it
Learned to place a flat lens on his dissector to make a vacuum
Because of this he was able to do his first demonstration of the TV. in September 1927
Continued to improve it
In 1936 a magazine called “Collier’s Weekly” said “One of those amazing facts of modern life that just don't seem possible--namely, electrically scanned television that seems destined to reach your home next year, was largely given to the world by a nineteen year old boy from Utah...Today, barely thirty years old he is setting the specialized world of science on its ears.“ about Farnsworth
Farnsworth set the stage for the television that we have today
Philo Farnsworth
Farnsworth in 1935 with his invention 

5. World War II and Television
The television was being produced and perfected all over the United States
Companies like Radio Corporation of America and General Electric invested in the television technology
Just before WWII the television that we know today was invented
Some T.Vs were paired with a radio to have sound
In 1939 R.C.A revealed its version of the T.V. at the World Fair and people could watch themselves by standing in front of it
Production of televisions halted when World War II came along
The engineers that were making the television put it on the back burner when they were trying to help troops by designing radar and communications
The manufacturing plants stopped making televisions and started making weapons for the war
All over the world manufacturing for T.Vs stopped
Interest in the invention stayed alive due to the unveiling at the World Fair in 1939
Women with 1939 version on the television

6. The Television After World War II
Until after World War 2, the television was experimental
The companies were more worried about the science behind the television more than they were about selling the television
Right after the war is when the T.V. boom hit
Families had given up so much during the war and only lived off what they absolutely needed
People had collected extra money when the war was over
Families were excited to be able to buy extra things that they wanted or was popular
One of these things was the television set
Between 1945 and 1948 television sales increased 500%
Plays and T.V. shows were introduced
High drama programs like Kraft Television Theater, Studio One, Actors Studio beginning in 1947
Weekday news programs via Camel News Reel Theater in 1948
Family gathers around television in 1948 

7. The Television: 1950s-1990s
The televisions was still developing and programs were shown in black and white.
Color television had not yet been invented
Presidential elections began being broadcasted in 1952
Color T.V. was invented and broadcasted in 1953
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the most broadcasted events since the television was invented
In the 1960s and 70s the public was limited to what was on the 3 major networks, ones that are still around today: NBC, CBS and ABC
Cable T.V. was available with antennas were placed in high areas to get signals from the nearest city
The television brought out the videocassette for families to watch movies in the 1980s
By the 1990s the television was everywhere and Americans were hooked
Children watches TVs in the 1950s
 1970s Television set
The Great Debate being broadcasted in the 1960s 
1990s Television Set 
1980s Television Set 

8. Present Day Television
Television has become a huge part of society
Has not only news and drama shows but also reality shows
There is not only cable T.V. but also satellite television
Many different network stations including the original NBC, CBS and ABC
Able to watch movies on the different networks
Things that are broadcasted now is very different from that of the 1940s 50s or even 80s and 90s
There is a lot more sex and violence in shows and movies
A television guide can be seen by clicking a button on the remote
Families gather around the TV to watch movies and shows just as they did with the radio before the television was invented
Present Day Flat Screen T.V.
Present Day 3D Flat Screen T.V. 

9. Popular 1950s show
Popular s Show 
Popular 1990s Show 
Popular 1960s Show 
Popular 1970s Show
Popular 2000s Show

10. Bibliography
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