Category: The Age of Television

7. The First Information Age: From Telegraph to Television.

Did the upset election of 2016 mark the death knell of journalism? From telegraph to television, newspapers to newscasters, telegraph cables to cable news, how Morse Code was the binary code that started the first Information Age, and why cable TV news might be the end.

1. The Age of Television (1948-??)

On the very first episode of the TV ROOM podcast, we discuss: What exactly is the Age of Television? What are its origins? How did it change us? When will we know it’s over?

50 Years Since the Death of the First Television President

As you are being made aware by the media, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  Fifty years is an eternity in politics, especially American politics, and yet the Kennedy assassination continues to resonate…