EOTO #1 Reflection

 When asked to reflect on what I learned I found that Gianna Lobman’s EOTO presentation was the most eye-catching and creative. While we all know about the creation of the

 television, she gave good insight into everything that went into it. She goes into detail about the complications during its creation. Charles Francis Jenkins, John Logie Baird, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and Philo Farnsworth were the inventors of the television. While across and all over the world from each other it was a race to finish. Starting in 1925, Charles Francis Jenkins created the transmission of synchronized images. Although not exactly a piece of the television, this invention essentially paved the way for motion pictures and video feeds. The following year in 1926, we saw the entrance of John Logie Baird and Kenjiro Takayanagi into the television hemisphere. Slightly earlier in the year, John Logie Baird invented the very first mechanical television in London, which we know today as the first-ever blueprint of a television. 

    The best examples of how much politics was impacted through the invention of the television can be seen through Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats,” the Nixon v. JFK debate, and the coverage of the Vietnam War. Former President FDR was the first president to ever be televised, using his “Fireside Chats,” in which he would address the nation with their concerns, and/or discuss any new policies or steps that have been taken by the government. The Vietnam War

 was the first ever televised war, in which they showed through video and photo footage the true cruelties of the war, and just how bloody it had gotten.

 Consequently, this led to the public being able to strongly empathize with the soldiers and therefore began to protest both the war and the draft. These four men brought together their individual inventions to revolutionize the world. In the end,
Gianna presented very well and was very informed upon her topic along with engaging the audience.