What Is the Future of Television?

By Robert Farr,
Staff Writer, Science Service (Institute for the Popularization of Science)

Contents

Introduction

Is Television Ready for the Public?

• The industry predicts

Uncle Sam Looks at Television

• Why the controversy then?
• Battle in the spectrum

Who Are the Leaders in the Fight?

• The go-ahead-now group
• The wait-for-better-pictures bunch
• All problems solved
• The silent actors
• The last word

Television and Family Life

• What you’ll be seeing
• Charlie McCarthy or the Chicago Roundtable?

What Kind of Television?

• War improvements cut costs
• Look before you buy
• Network possibilities
• Buy wisely
• Color television

Science Where Magic Failed

• The wave is quicker than the eye
• The electronic highway
• Dissecting the spectrum

A Picture Becomes a Parade

• The kinescope
• How television works
• Mobile television

Movies and Television

• Television in theaters

To the Discussion Leader

• Reading and preparation
• What type o f discussion?
• Questions for discussion
• Hints to help leaders

For Further Reading