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

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. Image is from Google Images

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

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 

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

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 

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 

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. 

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

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