Television

             Television is playing a big role in today's society. Technology is growing and expanding into the 21st century. Almost everybody in the United States watches television. People even plan some of their lives around it by tuning in to a show every week. Stuff that people see on television affects their lives, by watching a television which shows killings and foul language can lead to the people who are watching might try to do the same.
             In 1835, Samuel Morse sent an electrical signal over wires. By starting and stopping the signal, the electricity arrived at its goal in a pattern of short and long signals. In 1878, in England, a scientist named William Crookes designed a glass tube that glowed when an electric current was passed through it. In 1924, a Scotsman named John Logie Barid, broadcasted the first television picture. It was blurred and flickering image of a Maltese cross, but it was definitely a picture. Experimental television stations began broadcasting occasional programs throughout the 1920s and the 1930s. However, there were still many problems transmitting a clear picture. The picture sometimes flickered and began to roll. There also was a second picture of whatever was being transmitted appeared just slightly to the side of the original image. Television also faced a challenge from the country's economic problems. After the stock market crash in 1929, the U.S. entered a decade of economic slowdown known as the Great Depression. In 1939, RCA set up 12 television sets in its display at the New York world fair. Millions of people saw television for the first time; and were amazed. Some of the most popular shows were two children's shows "Howdy Doody"and "Kookle, Frank and Ollie".
             All this adds up to more than simple entertainment. Since American families spend more rime watching television than doing any other single activity except sleeping, working, or goi...

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