Television watching has significantly increased over time, averaging 4 hours and 35 minutes in 1950 compared to 8 hours and 18 minutes in 2008. Television exists as an effective advertising medium, with commercials during broadcasts being very expensive, such as during the Super Bowl. The first television was invented in 1907 by Alexander Graham Bell. Situational comedies like I Love Lucy proved to be durable entertainment programming by establishing recurring characters in a home or work setting. Soap operas also filled morning television slots and expanded to newspapers, magazines, and other media. Satellites later made broadcasting in color and advanced services like DirecTV possible.
2. How much time do people spend watching the television? The time that people spend watching TV has increased ever since 1950. For example in 1950 people would watch 4 hours and 35 minutes. Nowadays the most recent research was done in 2008 and it has increased a lot because in 2008 people watch 8 hours and 18 minutes of TV.
3. Television exists as an advertising medium The TV now has a lot of commercials that are mostly used to show advertisements to the people who watch TV. These advertisements cost a lot if they want the ads to be on TV. For example the Super Bowl is a commercial that was expensive to be on TV.
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5. Entertainment Programming:soap operas Soap operas filled morning television programming. Soap operas are also seen in news papers, TV and even on magazines.
6. Satellites In 1965 people were able to see TV broadcasting in color. Satellites make it possible so that the systems can be just like DirecTV.
7. To conclude I think that the TV is a great media communication to have because we can stay informed with the news and even watch soap operas.
