Television, sometimes shortened to 

TV or telly, is a telecommunication medium used
for transmitting moving images in black-and-white or in color, and in two or three
dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television show, or the medium
of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news,
and sports.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be
several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an
improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United
Kingdom and United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses,
and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public
opinion.[1] In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other
developed countries.
The word television comes from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tele) 'far', and Latin visio 'sight'. The first
documented usage of the term dates back to 1900, when the Russian scientist Constantin
Perskyi used it in a paper that he presented in French at the first International Congress of
Electricity, which ran from 18 to 25 August 1900 during the International World Fair in Paris.
The concept of television was the work of many individuals in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, with its roots initially starting from back even in the 18th century. The first practical
transmissions of moving images over a radio system used mechanical rotating perforated disks to
scan a scene into a time-varying signal that could be reconstructed at a receiver back into an
approximation of the original image. Development of television was interrupted by the Second
World War. After the end of the war, all-electronic methods of scanning and displaying images
became standard. Several different standards for addition of color to transmitted images were
developed with different regions using technically incompatible signal standards. Television
broadcasting expanded rapidly after World War II, becoming an important mass medium for
advertising

Television had long been a distant dream for many inventors and engineers. Numerous attempts were
made, and the mission to make it possible started well over 100 years before the name ‘television’ was even
conceived. By the time the dream became a reality in the mid-1930s, there had already been well over 50
serious proposals for television and, up until the 1920s, ‘television’ had been referred to by many other
names we would not recognise today: Radiovision, Seeing by Wireless, Distant Electric Vision,
Telephonoscope and so on.

But why was itso important for these people to get it right? Why was the television even invented?

Whatever the reason was for the invention of the television, we can all agree on one thing – we are very
grateful for it. We can now kick back, relax, and enjoy our favourite form of entertainment our own
way. The television has progressed in the technological field to a point where we can watch our much-
loved shows with the mere touch of a button – and some don’t even require that! (Thank goodness for voice
recognition.)

As society and technology advances, the number of inventions keeps increasing. The
process of creating or designing a new mechanism that will aid human living is what
we refer to as an invention. One of the inventions that exist in virtually every home is
a television. Television is the display of moving images on a screen that
communicates from on serve point to a receiver point.

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The television is an essential part of the human race. Studies show that about 90% of the
world’s population owns a TV. In spite of how big or small the television is, the most
important thing to most persons is that they are watching their favorite programs. The
question we should be asking is, why was the television invented? Many would say it is
because it was the next thing to do after the
massive success of the radio i

in the early 1900s. However, the invention of the television was primarily for basically
entertainment

the invention of television  was the combined effort of many individuals between the
19th and 20th centuries. However, the credit of the original creation is traceable to
Philo Farnsworth. Philo Farnsworth lived as a young boy in a house without electricity
until the age of 14. He went about the process of developing television. However, the
Second World War disrupted the process of inventing a TV. All efforts to build the TV
came to a halt until the end of the Second World War.

Before the creation of any electronic television, there was the mechanical television
used in the early 1800s and 1900s. Different inventors used various means to scan
images and display these pictures on a screen mechanically. In the early 1920s,
there were only two scientists that would make a mechanical television.

These scientists were John Logie Baird and Charles Francis Jenkins. They made a
mechanical television that had a disk with holes in it. The arrangement of the holes
was in a  spiral pattern.

There was another invention of mechanical television by an English scientist and a

Russian scientist. These scientists were A.A. Campbell Swindon and Boris Rosing,
respectively. They used a cathode ray tube and system that mechanically scans to
create a whole new kind of television.

Electronic television
The system of an electronic television relies on a technology called cathode ray tube.
The first design was by Philo Farnsworth. While he was in his father’s house, he
realized that there is an electronic beam that can scan images in horizontal lines and
produce the same image at almost an instant.
After the invention, he didn’t make many sales nor create much buzz. As the Second
World War broke out, people never heard much about his creations. However, at the
end of the war, a lot of inventors copied this idea and started inventing various
electronic televisions.

Color television
The colored electronics television came to the limelight in the early 1950s. Although
its first proposal was in 1904, he did not get the necessary support. There was a
subsequent proposal and demonstration by scientist John Logie Baird in 1928. With
the creation of the new technology, the television moved from a black and white
display to a colored picture display.

Digital television
Digital television was an invention that helps in both video and audio transmissions. It
possesses the power to separate different channels on different frequencies. It was
not until 1990 that the television became a reality to many.

The Effects Of Television In The 21st

Century
At the early stages of the creation of television, it was merely a radio with pictures. At
that time, the radio was the only means of entertainment and communication. Thus,
when the television came into existence, the only thing they could call it was a radio
with pictures.

However, we need to note that the invention of television has a lot of effects on the
world today. A popular television program can connect a lot of people from different
walks of life

The positive effects of the television

The television is a primary source of information, both in the past and in present-day
society. It also gave birth to a new medium of communicating from a source to the
public. The act of reaching the public from one source is what we refer to as mass
communication.

Using the television, the government can call for a state of emergency. From one
source, the entire country will get to know about it at the same  time

Another way that television affects society positively is how it is useful for educating
people. Studies show that children learn faster from what they see and not
necessarily what they hear. Thus, the television dramatically affects the way people
learn and help them to learn faster since they can now see and interact with this
knowledge with their eyes.
The adverse effects of television
Many people perceive television as an evil invention. They believe that it leads to
more harm than good to the world at large.

Many people see television as a wrong way of training a child. Studies show that
when children start watching television at a very tender child, they tend to suffer from
low brain development because of what they are seeing.

The amount of time spent watching television can lead to overeating. It could also
result in little or no exercise since it requires long hours of sitting or lying down

Watching television can also affect the way you speak

a lot of people say that television affects one’s ability to think and process information
faster. Thus, getting all the facts you need quickly on television can lead to reduced
brainpower.

Conclusion
There are varying views on the purpose of the television. To some, it is a great
invention, while to others, it has caused more harm than good. Thus, we asked the
question, why was the television invented? However, we believe that the effect of the
use of television depends on individual usage