ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Radio
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Internet
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Newspaper
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TV
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Britain and the United States, television news watching rose dramatically in the 1950s and by the 1960s supplanted radio as the public’s primary source of news. In the U.S., television was run by the same networks which owned radio: CBS, NBC, and an NBC spin-off called ABC.
Detailed explanation-2: -Through the 1950s, the US went from 20 percent of homes having a television to nearly 90 percent. The number of television stations, number of channels, and available programming all grew to meet the demand of a public.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1950s, the relatively new technology of television began to compete with motion pictures as a major form of popular entertainment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many critics have dubbed the 1950s as the Golden Age of Television. TV sets were expensive and so the audience was generally affluent. Television programmers knew this and they knew that serious dramas on Broadway were attracting this audience segment.
Detailed explanation-5: -Television changed the American entertainment landscape. In towns where TV was introduced, movie attendance and book sales dropped off dramatically. Radio, which had been America’s favorite form of at-home amusement, declined in importance in the 1950s. Variety, comedy, and dramatic shows left the airwaves for TV.