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A. Michael Noll
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Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Author of Highway of Dreams: A Critical Appraisal of the Communication Superhighway.

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Diagram of a color television picture tube using the shadow-mask technique, showing red, green, and blue electron beams from electron guns passing through an aperture grille to strike phosphor-coated glass, with labeled parts and a close-up of the grille structure.
Television
Television (TV), a form of mass media based on the electronic delivery of moving images and sound from a source to a receiver. By extending the senses of vision and hearing beyond the limits of physical distance, television has had a considerable influence on society. Conceived in the early 20th…
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