History of Television

        Experiments in the field of electricity and radio by various scientists and strategic thinkers led to the development of ideologies that set the ground work for television inventions. John Logie Baird was the first to transmit moving pictures through the mechanical disc system (started by Paul Gottlieb Nipkov in the late 19th century), and created the first TV studio as well. By 1931, all new television systems had converted to the electronic system (used today). The adoption of electronic television didn't really pick up in American households until about 1945, with a drastic increase from the 1950 to 1955. The end of WWII brought thousands of young fighters home, resulting in the expansion of American industry to meet peacetime needs - leading to consumers purchasing goods not available during the war. Americans began depending on television as a means of generating information on the various wars taking place, forming opinions on political elections, mobilizing civil rights movements, noting fashion changes, exploring music, and so on.