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Television in American Society Primary Sources
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Words to Know
1. Sarnoff, David. Statement to the press at RCA's first demonstration of television,
November 6, 1936
2. Transcript of Paramount "Popular Science" newsreel explaining the "miracle" of
TV technology (1937)
3. Berenson, Robert L. (President of Grey Advertising). "Will 1947 Tell Tele's
Tale?" (defense of TV against charges that the technology was a "flop"), June
1947
4. FCC "Fairness Doctrine," April 1949
5. Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters ("Seal of Good Practice"), 1952
6. Murrow, Edward R. Excerpt from famous speech at the Radio-Television News
Directors Association about TV's potential, 1958
7. Kennedy, John F. "A Force That Has Changed the Political Scene," TV Guide,
November 14, 1959
8. Minow, Newton N. (former FCC chairman). Excerpt from famous speech to
National Association of Broadcasters berating TV content as a "vast wasteland,"
1961
9. Johnson, Lyndon B. Remarks upon signing the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
(created PBS)
10. Smith, Ralph Lee. Excerpt from "The Wired Nation" (cable TV), 1970
11. Zworykin, Vladymir. Excerpt from IEEE interview about his contributions to the
invention of TV, 1975
12. Allen, Steve, et al. "An Appeal to Hollywood (July 1999)." Excerpted from
Vulgarians at the Gate: Raising the Standards of Popular Culture.
13. Hewitt, Don (longtime producer of 60 Minutes). Excerpt from memoir Tell Me a
Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television, 2001
14. Turner, Ted. "My Beef with Big Media" (consolidation of TV), Washington
Monthly, July/August 2004
15. Albom, Mitch. "What If CNN Hadn't Happened?" Detroit Free Press, June 12,
2005
16. Gore, Al. Speech at We Media Conference (effect of TV on American
democracy), October 5, 2005
17. Levy, Steven. "Television Reloaded" (future of TV), Newsweek, May 30, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.