How Does Television Affect Society

Television. Almost everyone has a television nowadays. It is one of, if not the most common form of entertainment found around the world. The entertainment industry has blossomed to be as successful as it is today thanks to the development of technology and its accessibility during the 20th and 21st century. Through the years, television programs have become more functional and useful to producers, campaigns, companies, and the viewer. Companies and campaigns use television for advertising, producers make movies and shows for profit and viewer entertainment, and the viewers use television to gain information and for their own entertainment. Popular actors who were and are commonly on the screen have been proved to influence how people act and
The entertainment industry has had a major effect on the LGBTQ community and on society as a whole. Television has a rather interesting history. It all began when two men had thought of a design for a machine that would transmit images back in 1876, after the telephone was invented. Paul Nipkow(1860-1940) had invented the first form of the television inspired by the telephone in 1884. This machine had the capability to transmit small low resolution images by manipulating a light, in turn creating black and white images. This television got very popular in late 1910s and very soon after big companies started on technology research in hopes to design and create a better television. Many companies proposed different options, and eventually they all had similar if not the same monochrome televisions. During WWII television was not the priority, but as a side effect of the need for new military technology, people had a better sense on how technology works. After the war two companies are competing for the best colored television. In the mid-late 40’s the companies CBS and RCA
There are the producers or hosts who have an idea that they want to share and entertain people with. To put these ideas into action you need specific people for the type of production, but one job that almost always needs to be filled is actor or contestant. These people who are often shown on the screens have been recognized as ‘celebrities’. One celebrity named Ellen DeGeneres for example had impacted the television scene and peoples look at LGBTQ rights and the LGBTQ community. DeGeneres is an entertainer of both the twentieth and the twenty-first century that is loved by the common crowd, whether she is straight or not. Ellen started of her career just as a local stand-up comedian in New Orleans, LA 1981. She got invited to show a minor role on Clyde’s Comedy Corner and just performed comedy on the road. She started gaining traction soon after, having specials and debuts on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson;1986 The Comedy Special;1988 and many more. DeGeneres later appeared in many films including Wisecracks(documentary);1991, Mr. Wrong ;1995, Love Letter; 1999, and multiple inbetween and even her voice featured in the 2003 film Finding Nemo and its sequel. Degeneres has a very diverse record in her career but what about her personal life? Ellen became romantically involved with an actress named Anne Henche in the start of the 1990s. Because LGBTQ rights