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    TV's Historical Evolution

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    In eight pages the cultural influence exerted by television is examined in a consideration of its historical evolution. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    the 20th century, once television was introduced and accepted into modern households, the information industry has never been the same. Television has had a great impact on many cultural aspects  of modern society. Televised events which were widely broadcasted and seen such as the Berlin Olympics in 1936, Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation in 1953 and the moon landing in 1969,  all were experienced not by a single community but by an international community which formed unifying cultural significance globally. Many other events which previously would only have been seen or  experienced on local levels were also nationally broadcast which in turn broadened the cultural understanding of many societies. With this global information however, television also brought several controversial elements in  its popularity. Children and adults today watch a great deal of television on a daily basis and are highly influenced by advertising and violence depicted onscreen. In addition to concerns  of overexposure and perception of television programs which may slowly be changing or accurately reflecting elements in society, other cultures are further alienated by Western programming as the communication structure  is different from their own. On January 23, 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first demonstration of a mechanical television to members of  the Royal Institution in London, England. Images appeared on his television set which were complete with tonal gradations of light and shade. These early television sets were considered as "mechanical  television" and not yet electronic as they depended upon a small motor to run a spinning disc and a neon lamp for projection. Early in 1927, Bell Telephone Laboratories in  the United States followed with a public mechanical television presentation of a speech by Herbert Hoover, at that time the secretary of commerce, which originated in Washington, D.C. and was 

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