TelevisionThe Digital Generation

History of Television

Late 1800’s- Paul Gottlieb Nipkow created first module

He sent images through wires with the help of a rotating disk

1907- A.A Campbell Swinton and Borris Rosing attempted to improve the system

They used a cathode ray tube in addition to the original system

This idea however didn’t work

History of Television (cont.)

1927- Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented a working model

All modern TV’s are based on this system

Television was originally in black and white

Modern TV is in color

Roles

Entertainment Information Advertising Mass Communication Distribution

Changes in Appearance

Gotten thinner More channels Now have remotes Now more common

Impact Television has Made

Grown with the digital age Made information easier to receive Companies are now more widely known Entertainment has boomed Thousands of show options are

available Theatres are more commonly visited

Examples of Media Channels

Fox Network CNN NBC ABC

Major Players

Philo Farnsworth Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

Works Cited

http://thehistoryoftelevision.com/ http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age The Media and Entertainment

Industries: Readings In Mass Communications