Television

Television today is a part of our society, I'm sure some people consider it a way of life. From it being invented in 1927 to there being 200 TV's around the US in 1936, television has transformed our way of thinking, spending, and it changed our daily activities today. In just 22 short years (1959), 200 became 50,000,000. That's a 25,000,000% increase in just 22 years, and that just shows how popular TV had become, and that number has done nothing but go straight up. As of 1977, 97% of American homes had at least one television in them, and that number has also gone up. Probably, over 99% of homes have a television as of today. There's probably more homes with television than there are with indoor plumbing. Any home with at least one TV, on average has that TV on 7 hours a day. I can say for myself, that my own TV is on for at least that each day, and the main TV in our house is probably on for at least 12 hours each day.

TV has even shaped modern politics. If a politician doesn't have good political campaign ads, then he has a lower chance of winning the race if hos opponent has fantastic campaign ads. So as you can see, TV is really one of the biggest factors, if not the biggest factor in our society today. Talking about it in Mr. Miller's class really blew my mind with all of the statistics and all of the ways that it influences culture, and I'm sure it'll influence culture more to come.