Posted 01 August 2010 - 02:25 PM
I would say the television is one of the most important inventions because that one machine can send so much information to the mass viewers quicker than the internet (at the moment, the very least. Internet soon will take over as number 1). Not only does television send information to the mass, but also unconsciously broadcast second-hand information about another topic. (Sorry for being assumptuous and vague in the next few sentences, but I thought spouting random statistics I found from government research would waste more of your time than reading this apology) TV has the ability to change the views of many people using many pathetic (as in pathos, not weak) hooks which most of the time lack logic and lack ethically acceptable sources. I'm not going even argue about subliminal messaging using audio/visual media.