What impact has television had?

Answer 1

Television serves both to inform and to entertain.

The use of television provides nearly constant, rapid dissemination of news from around the world. Its effect on public opinion and foreign policy varies, depending on the events and their relationship to contemporary life.

In the later half of the 20th century, television's ability to graphically present images, making viewers eyewitnesses to events, dramatically impacted society in the US. Notable instances included:

- racial violence and the Civil Rights Movement (1950s and 1960s)

- police brutality (1970s to 1990s)

- the war in Vietnam (1964-1975)

- environmental catastrophes (1970s)

- civil rights demonstrations in China (1989)