Blog Post #8- What I learned from EOTO #1

     One piece of technology that I was taught about while watching presentations was about the television. I was able to learn about the history of the television, how it affects the world, and how it works. One important thing I learned was that the first television was demonstrated in San Francisco by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth. This is very important because he showed people how much it can do and the entertainment it could bring into each household. Although there was someone else who found a way to put images on screen before him, he found a way to make the images more clear for people to see.

    This changed how people got their entertainment and what people spent their time doing. By 20 years after the demonstration there were televisions in hundreds and thousands of peoples homes. Along with that by the late 90's around 98 percent  of people had a television in their home. This was able to provide people with entertainment along with bringing them stations to provide local and nationwide news. This greatly changed our society because it brought a new way of getting information to people quickly. It also provided a new way for advertising and for people to sell the products. This is important because it helped to shape the way we now advertise products to people and it greatly changed the number of sales companies were getting because now more people are being made aware of their products.

    Eventually people were able to give ratings of the programs to the government which allowed for them to make age suggestions for each program. This allowed for people to know what age group they think each program is appropriate for. It also allowed for people to watch stuff that they would most likely find interesting rather than having someone watch something that they would not understand or that is too childish for them. This was a great way for more jobs to be provided to others from actors to tv hosts and news casters. 

    The invention of the television also led to the invention of multiple other pieces of technology. One invention included the phone, which then allowed for people to communicate with others easier and get communication to others faster. This then led to the evolution of phones and where we are now with the technology that we have. Overall the television has greatly impacted our society as a whole and has led to new innovations that have changed how we communicate with others, provide entertainment to everyone, and share information with others.