CHAPTER
2Television: Its Past, Present, and Future
There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.
Philo T. Farnsworth, the Father of Television, to his children
THIS CHAPTER'S TALKING POINTS
| I. | Television Is a Unique Medium |
| II. | How Television Works |
| III. | The Impact of Human Vision on Television |
| IV. | The Creators of Television |
| V. | Television's Evolution |
| VI. | Television's Transitions: From the 1920s to the Present |
| VII. | Television Merges with New Media |
I. TELEVISION IS A UNIQUE MEDIUM
Television is our culture's principal mode of knowing about itself.
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
Television wields an undeniable impact on the lives of literally ...
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