Journalism Response: Television Lecture

I found the class television lecture very interesting and informational. I learned a lot of new information from this lecture and feel like because of this lecture, I know so much more about televisions in general and their history.

Something that I did not know or really acknowledge before this lecture was that televisions have a huge influence on how we spend our time and money. I guess I just never really have taken the time to think about the impact that television has on our world and lifestyle. I found it incredibly interesting how U.S. families have the TV on in their households for an average of 7 hours a day.

I also did not realize that television has such a large political impact. I’ve always found campaign ads on the local stations annoying and I’ve tried to just ignore them, but if you think about it they play a huge role in elections. I did not know or think about how television stations get so much money from elections but they do! I also had no idea that politicians spent so much money on TV advertisements. I was very shocked when I learned how if you’re not wealthy or have a good TV campaign, then it’s nearly impossible to win an election.

Overall, I gained a ton of knowledge from this lecture but I kind of think that we should've talked a little bit more about how TV influences how we spend our money. We talked about this topic but I just kind of wish we went over more examples so I could get a full understanding of how it exactly influences our money spending.