During the 1980s, there was a change in television history. The first 24-hour news channel was born, its name is CNN. CNN was founded by American media proprietor, Ted Turner, designed to enable everyone access to news at any time. It was the first all-news channel created and it gained a lot of popularity because of it. During the challenger accident in 1986, CNN was the only cable network that broadcasted the accident live, while other networks only broadcasted the edited version of the accident. Another huge success for CNN was during the Baby Jessica rescue in 1987. CNN was the only channel that
broadcasted the full event live and it gave them publicity on magazines such as Time. With the birth of a 24-hour news channel, it allowed people with different schedules to keep up with what is happening in America. Since CNN was created, it has lead a lot of networks to implement different timeslots for news coverage and better keep the American people updated on current news, whether that is local or the whole country.
Bibliography:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN#History
http://www.cnn.com/services/opk/cnn25/cnns_impact.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cnn-launches
It's interesting to see how the news media largely began in this country. The media has had such a huge role in the culture, politics, and identity of the nation. Understanding the rise of it is significant.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! The television age and news really changed the political landscape and the campaign strategy for elections. The best example of the effect of the new visual news being a game-changer is the 1960 elections. In the presidential debate between Rosevelt and Nixon that was aired throughout the country, Roosevelt maintained a much more visual appearance, sweating less and maintaining confidence. The visuality of the news really affected peoples news on candidates.
ReplyDeleteRead more about it here:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/jfk-nixon-debate/index.html