Television

Today we finished our lecture about television. I think that the mass mediums are a very interesting and broad topic and learning about ones that are in your home are especially interesting.

I really liked the part from the lecture about how they would advertise how certain movies, movie theaters, and tv sets would have color by putting that at the beginning of the show. It made me think about all the old movies and how they show 'colors provided by technicolor' at the beginning. Then I remembered The Wizard of Oz and how amazing it would have been to see that when it first came out because it was the first movie with color.

I also really enjoy talking about the business side and the impacts of mass mediums because a lot of people don't really think about that when they sit down to watch tv or go see a movie. I thought that it was crazy to hear that the average amount of hours watched was seven per day. One impact of tv that really seems relevant and like it is still heavy today is the political advertisements. Since local, and national elections are coming up, it makes sense to broadcast lots of ads about candidates and their platforms. I feel that their are always local elections going on so we always see political ads on tv.