Since the foundation of television broadcasting, blacks in America were uncommonly displayed on television. Except for a small number of black characters on white programs, there was no programming with a predominant black family. Post the 1960's whites began to realize the obvious need for bla...

TV in the 1950's Reflected/Created Culture How many hours per week do you spend watching television? The average American child or adolescent spends 22-28 hours per week watching TV, which is more than any other activity other than sleeping. Did you know that there are more television sets in...

The Un-TV Experiment Part 1-Counting the technical events The first show I watched while counting the technical events for ten minutes was an episode of Friends. Within those ten minutes, I counted 82 technical events, which to say the least, was a shock since I was only expecting to have cou...