FILM 2401 Final: Chapter 13 Study Notes.docx

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Night news broadcast got off to a relatively slow start (when compared to the development of other television genres). These programs drew on two influences from other media: broadcast radio news and newsreels. Newsreels had been produced regularly since 1904 and too an additional importance during the second world war. Both influences convey the concerns of producing information within a commercial context: advertising on radio and admission prices for newsreels. The rise of television news after wwii coincided with the beginnings of the cold war. Nevertheless, as the movie and radio industries declined in importance in the 1950s, television continued to grow.