Television
Television
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facsimile message across the Atlantic Ocean
for the first time. In 1927, Alexanderson used
high frequency neon lamps and a perforated
scanning disk to demonstrate the first home
reception of the television (Early Television
Museum).
Ulises Armand Sanabria - In January of
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1926, Sanabria was the first person to use
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application for a patent was for an
Museum).
Manfred von Ardenne - von Ardenne
began experiments using CRT receivers
in 1930. With mechanical scanners, he
produced good quality images using
CRTs. In April of 1931, von Ardenne
invented the flying spot film scanner. It
produced a 60 line picture using a
horizontal scan rate of 1500 Hz. and a Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org
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Advertisers:
Influence consumer demand and values.
Provide revenue that impacts network decisions.
American television
networks not only
influence citizens of the
United States, but
According to Kellner
(1981), they have a global
impact on values.
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DVD players
Although televisions were initially a one-way
communication device, today’s smart TVs feature
Internet connectivity, allowing users to access a
wider variety of content and achieve bidirectional
communication.
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Obscene content is defined
subjectively, as follows:
"the average person, applying
contemporary community
standards, would find that the
material appeals to the prurient
interest; that the material describes
or depicts sexual conduct in a
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Indecent content is defined as:
“language or material that, in
context, depicts or
describes, in terms patently
offensive as measured by
contemporary community
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