Television Response To Lecture

This past week Miller gave a lecture on television. Televisions first came to be in the year of 1927. Although television did not rise to popularity until around the year of 1948, only about 1 million Americans had televisions. Back at this time, televisions were only for the wealthy. By 1964, around 73 million Americans had televisions, and by 1967 most televisions were in color. It is hard for me to imagine, a time when not everyone had televisions, except the wealthy. It is also hard for me to picture, a time when all or a majority of televisions were in black and white, instead of color. I completely take televisions being in color for granted. Also, I can not believe the impact that televisions have on our daily lives and communities. The average American household watches on average seven hours of television per day. I know that I can personally relate to that fact, although, I myself, do not watch this much television, a few people in my household do. Televisions are so popular for a majority of reasons, and have a few advantages over other mediums. Televisions have synced moving pictures and audio, which help makes television seem more lifelike, and realistic. Also, televisions are omnipresent, and are much more convenient, than going to the movies. Also, televisions, help set cultural standards, and help convince people that things are normal or "not normal", for example social issues. I never really noticed all of these things about television until this lecture. I feel properly informed now. This lecture was extremely informational and interesting all at the same time. Like, most of Miller's other lectures I enjoyed listening to it.