How did the invention of tv affect the world?

Answer 1

During this era, television became the predominant form of mass media because of the increased frequency with which families would watch it. One of the major effects of TVs in the '50s was that television portrayed an idealized version of reality, displaying thin, beautiful woman and charming, well-trimmed men. In 1954, black and white broadcasts switched to color broadcasts and various sitcoms such as The Honeymooners, Lassie, I Love Lucy, and Father Knows Best were popularize and thousands of individuals molded their own lives to fit those of television watcher's favorite characters in these shows. Also, television advertisements were popularized during this era.

Answer 2

Up until the early 1950s, there was mainly radio. A few cities did have a TV station as early as 1947-1948, but it's safe to say that millions of Americans did not until 1952-1953. So, they could hear the voices of news-makers, listen to Soap Operas or sports, but they could not see any of these things without being in a studio audience (or in the case of sports, without attending the game). When TV came along, suddenly a person could see what the president looked like or watch a Baseball game or enjoy a dramatic program and see the actors and actresses as they performed.

Being able to see as well as hear events affected America in a variety of ways. For one thing, news broadcasts had to become more visual: on radio, a news anchor sat and read the news, and people listened. But on TV, that would be boring, so there needed to be more action-- news photographers went out to film a fire or a speech by a politician or some other event, and the film (videotape was not around yet) became as much a part of the news broadcast as the news anchor was. As TV developed more, news crews were able to film current events as they were happening, taking the viewers to the scene and making them feel like part of the action.

However, television was a mixed blessing, as radio had been. When TV came along, we moved from a medium where you just needed a good voice to a medium where you needed to both look good and sound good. Many successful radio stars could not make the transition to TV as a result. And a number of politicians had trouble too: they sounded great on radio, but looked awful on TV. Further, radio was "theater of the imagination"-- radio dramas created all kinds of exciting scenarios using clever sound effects. On TV, you had to show these things, so TV found ways to create these scenes, using special effects so that cowboys seemed to be riding out on the range or Superman seemed to be flying.

One important thing TV did was to help bring about the downfall of Senator Joe McCarthy. He was an example of someone who sounded very scary and powerful on radio; but on TV, he looked far less threatening. News reporter Edward R. Murrow (who had successfully moved from radio to TV) was able to show McCarthy for the bully that he was, and that empowered his opponents to speak out against him and ultimately put an end to McCarthyism. And later in the decade, TV showed battles over desegregation in the south, as Little Rock and other cities resisted the idea of having black and white students in the same schools. With radio, this would have been described: with TV, you could actually see it.

To sum up, television moved entertainment and news from the age of listening to the age of watching, and helped make America a more visual culture. TV made a candidate or a performer's physical appearance as important as what they had to say. It created new celebrities, and it created more opportunities for the audience to see current events and watch film of interesting places all over the world. But it should also be noted that TV reinforced commercialism and consumerism, since the 1950s were a time of great prosperity, and TV commercials were now more able to show the product (or show attractive people using the product) rather than just describing it to the radio audience.

Answer 3

TV brought many changes to people. With the invention of TV a whole world opened to people showing them how others lived, the news, what other cultures did, and the newest gadgets. With it came TV dinners, and eventually what a war looked like as it was happening. Politics came into the living room with the first debate of JFK and Nixon as well as the first ads for a political campaign. We were able to see the landing on the moon and what earth looked like from space and this change our perspectives of ourselves. It reflects who we are and what we are.

Answer 4

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