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Television - The Life Story of a Technology (Hardcover, New)
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Television - The Life Story of a Technology (Hardcover, New)
Series: Greenwood Technographies
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For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of
communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a
television set; many have more than one. Transmitting images and
sounds electronically is a relatively recent invention, one that
required passionate inventors, determined businessmen, government
regulators, and willing consumers. This volume in the Greenwood
Technographies series covers the history of television from
19th-century European conceptions of transmitting moving images
electrically to the death of TV as a discrete system in a digital
age. Magoun also discusses the changing face of television in the
displays that people watch around the globe. Television: The Life
Story of a Technology discusses significant developments in the
technological and social lives of people during the history of the
television. It appeals to students and lay readers alike by
highlighting key events and people: BLthe American engineers and
entrepreneurs such as Vladimir Zworykin and David Sarnoff who
ignited the television industry; BLthe bloom of programming choices
in tandem with the Baby Boom generation; BLthe developmetn of cable
and satellite TV; BLthe Asians who innovated American inventions in
videorecording and flat-panel displays; BLthe use of TV in wartime;
BLand the new worlds of digital and high-definition television.
Based on the latest research, this crisply written, sometimes
provocative survey includes a glossary, timeline, and bibliography
for further information. Vladimir Zworykin -- whose work ignited
the entire television industry BLHow the television industry and
commercial programming bloomed in tandem with the Baby Boom
generation The late-twentiethcentury expansion of cable television
and the decline of the broadcast networks, and the new world of
high-definition television. The volume includes a glossary of
terms, a timeline of important events, and a selected bibliography
of resources for further information.
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