When looking at a key innovation that truly played an important role in American society, it is important to realize the essential idea behind the innovation diffusion theory. The specific area I decided to focus on was television. The first television came out in the year 1927 and it was rather basic but at the same time, it was functional. The television displayed black and white imagery and it had very few channels to choose from. The “early adopters” of this specific technology bought a single television set for their household and by doing this, it really brought families together.
Several individuals throughout society decided initially to not adopt this item because they were set on the idea of radios to get their sources of world information. It was also not a cheap item to purchase and not everyone could afford it. Although just about everyone today has at least one television set in their house, it was estimated in the year 2015, that only 2.6% of Americans did not have at least one television. The Television has come a long way in terms of pricing and there are a variety of affordable options for people no matter what their economic status is.
As a result, televisions are a positive invention overall and they have truly come a long way from when they were first discovered in the year 1927. Television allows people to gain knowledge about certain information and subjects that are occurring in the world and it provides them with a variety of sources for their own personal entertainment. The downside is that television gives people a lot of distraction from their everyday life and it causes people to become addicted to staring at a screen all day.
(First Television set)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-tvs-in-american-homes-number-us-department-energy-20173#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20USEI%20survey,when%20the%20percentage%20was%201.2%25.
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