AHSS*2190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Cathode Ray Tube, Shared Experience
Week 9: Television
Television - Early Development
-Based around electronic scanning along with cathode ray tube
-RCA would dominate early broadcasting and its development
-Television is technically feasible in the 1930s but doesn’t really develop until after
World War II
Television
-Extends both sound and sight electronically through space
-Following World War II, television develops rapidly
-By 1951, TV is drawing audiences away from movie theatres by providing
alternatives at home
-Early television was seen as the child of radio broadcasting
-Extended formats of radio
-Evolution of newscast
-Finest moments of news in early television
-Impact of videotape on newsgathering
-Early television saw narrative programs transplanted directly from radio
-Programs were recorded live
-By early 1950s, millions are experiencing television in their homes
-Provides a shared experience
-Genres of Television: Variety, Situation Comedies, Drama, Westerns,
Detective/Crime Shows, Movies, Soap Operas, Talk Shows, Quiz Shows
-Technology for colour tv was available in the 1950s, but isn’t fully diffused until
1960s-1970s
-Becomes greatest medium for one way transmission of information, entert. &
persuasion
-The United States becomes a television culture
Critics of Television
“When television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit down in front of your
television set when your station goes on the air… and keep your eyes glued to set until
the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland… of game
shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally
unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western
bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence and cartoons. And
endlessly, commercials.” - Newton Minnow
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Document Summary
Based around electronic scanning along with cathode ray tube. Rca would dominate early broadcasting and its development. Television is technically feasible in the 1930s but doesn"t really develop until after. Extends both sound and sight electronically through space. Following world war ii, television develops rapidly. By 1951, tv is drawing audiences away from movie theatres by providing alternatives at home. Early television was seen as the child of radio broadcasting. Finest moments of news in early television. Early television saw narrative programs transplanted directly from radio. By early 1950s, millions are experiencing television in their homes. Genres of television: variety, situation comedies, drama, westerns, Detective/crime shows, movies, soap operas, talk shows, quiz shows. Technology for colour tv was available in the 1950s, but isn"t fully diffused until. Becomes greatest medium for one way transmission of information, entert. persuasion. The united states becomes a television culture.
