J110 1ST Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I II III IV V VI History of Television Broadcast a Philo T Farnsworth b TV growth c The Big Three d What s on TV e Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 f Public Broadcasting System Changes in Technology and Content a 1970s 1980s b Cable TV c Videocassette Recorder d TV Does Digital Business of TV Regulation of TV a Indecent Programming TV Today TV as a Social Force Outline of Current Lecture I II III IV V VI History of TV News TV News and Politics Wake Up to News Cable News TV Today Why TV News Matters History of TV News Walter Cronkite o And that s the way it is Sunday December 17 1941 o Pearl Harbor o WCBW less than 90 minutes NBC Newsreel 1948 o 15 minutes of news o Later 30 minutes See It Now o o Edward R Murrow Fred Friendly CBS 1951 o 60s print media The Cold War March 9 1954 o A report on Senator Joseph McCarthy Edward R Murrow TV News and Politics Sound and Image Bites o Visuals 1963 o Roper Poll TV becomes America s go to source of news 1976 o 1st female news anchor Barbra Walter ABC News Wake Up to News 1952 o NBC s Today s Show CBS o Various morning programs starting in the 50s 1975 o ABC s Good Morning America Era of Brokaw NBC Jennings ABC and Rather CBS Cable News Enter the Fray Fox CNN MSNBC 9 11 2001 AFTER o o o America in fear All over TV for days and days Takes over TV news each anniversary TV Today 55 of American s get news from TV 21 from Internet 9 from Newspapers 40 of local newscasts studied consist of sports weather and traffic reports TV is incorporating Internet Why TV News Matters Uninformed Somewhat uninformed News junkies Trying to appeal to all
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