But was it good TV?
 

The Day We Fell In Love With Television

Posted October 31, 2018
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For 500 years, we were a print based culture, then, in the 1960's, we collectively decided we were done with print, and we were all moving to video and moving images.

This had consequences.  When everythnig is in video, everything becomes entertainment. What happens when a society decides that the most imporant feature for their content is the entertainment value?


 


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