TV and the Election of 1952
Date Submitted: 01/03/2004 19:16:36
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 10 pages (2633 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 10 pages (2633 words)
Since the Pioneer Corporation introduced the first television sets to the United States in the 1940s, television has been developing its practice as a political reporter. The Korean War and World War II interrupted its progress, but it made huge steps in the presidential election of 1948 and in the off-year contests of 1950. In 1940, the first televised political convention was brought to about 40,000 to 100,000 people , but there's really no record that television had an impact on …
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…a coast-to-coast vaudeville show," and he is still right.
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