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The Presidency in the Television Era. The post-WWII era emerged as a key moment for understanding the rise of entertainment, advertising, and television in American politics. Television, a new technology, drastically altered the political scene during the 1950s.
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- September 4, 1951: President Truman Makes America’s First Live Nationwide Broadcast. Appropriately, President Truman ushered in the age of live, coast-to-coast TV with a speech on one of his signature programs: the U.S. occupation of Japan at the end of World War II.
- January 17, 1961: Dwight Eisenhower Warns of a “Military-Industrial Complex” As Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared to leave office, he delivered a farewell address that contained a chilling warning—that the “military-industrial complex,” a powerful alliance between the arms industry and the United States military, posed a potent threat to American democracy.
- September 12, 1962: John F. Kennedy Challenges America to Go to the Moon. JFK’s administration is remembered as a time of almost unlimited optimism. When the president stepped onto a Rice University podium to help whip up public support for the fledgling space program, he lived up to that reputation with a speech that turned the space race into a noble cause.
- March 31, 1968: Lyndon B. Johnson Bows Out of the Race for President. It was a bombshell nobody expected: At the end of a speech about the state of the war in Vietnam, President Johnson abruptly announced he would not seek election for a second term.
Oct 4, 2022 · The television and the President On this day in 1947, Harry Truman delivered the first televised presidential speech. Communications expert David Eisenhower looks at the history of politics and media and the significance of this moment 75 years later.
Mar 7, 2017 · How TV And Evolving Media Technology Changed The American Presidency. Jason Tabrys Features Editor Twitter. March 7, 2017. Shutterstock/Getty/Uproxx. Some hide from new technology, while others...
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U.S. PRESIDENCY AND TELEVISION. Ten dates, some momentous, some merely curious, tell the story of presidential television. In its own way, each date sheds light on the complex relationship between the U.S. presidency and the American television industry.
Jun 18, 1984 · Television and the Presidency: Directed by Roger Ailes. With Robert Bradsell, Barry Goldwater, E.G. Marshall, Richard Nixon. A program that documents the increasing role of television's influence on Presidential elections since 1952.
Jan 5, 2017 · The story of television and how Americans see the presidency is so linked that it’s difficult to pull apart the threads of technological progress in broadcasting, consumer interest in...
