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The Story of Television
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Einführung in das Studium der Medienkultur : Radio/Fernsehen Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Settekorn WS 2001/02 The Story of Television Ilkhan Akyürek Fibigerstr. 163/307 22419, HH Tel. 0179-3206737 Matr.-Nr.:5379176 Preface Not many know that there are more television sets in the world than there are telephones. Even the television professionals find it hard to believe. However, the statistics prove it to be true; according to official figures from the International Telecommunication Union there were 565 million telephones in 1983, and 600 million television sets. Other figures are just as impressive: in Belgium, from 1967 to 1982, the average time spent watching television by children from 10 to 13 years, increased from 82 to 146 minutes per day. Stupefying in every sense of the word. Our senses are assailed every day by the attraction of the visual message. Its all-pervasiveness and instantaneity are finely tuned to our way of thinking, whether we be hard-pressed or lazy. We expect from...
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