MC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cable Television, Cuban Americans, The X-Files
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Beginnings of television: philo t. farnsworth came up with the system of television when he was only fourteen years old. Developed a transmitter system by age 21 in 1927 (used radio waves: used scanning techniques to paint a picture line by line, he actually hated his invention. There"s nothing on it worthwhile, and we"re not going to watch it in this household, and i don"t want it in your intellectual diet -philo"s son kent. Felt that he created a monster and released it to the american public. Changed his mind when he saw neil armstrong walk on the moon: brought everyone together for a common purpose and a common bond. Tv takes flight: tv didn"t really start to take o until the early 1950"s, i love lucy was the most popular television show at the time. Huge success but also very controversial: husband was cuban american, interracial relationship rst shown on television.