Shreya Gandhi, Claire Hansen, Natalie Smalley, John Hardy

Professor Raymond

UWRT 1103

5 October 2015

Television Proposal

In the semester long project, we want to explore the history and modern day uses of

television. The television is very popular technology throughout the United States, we want to

learn the history behind this, how it affects our day to day lives, and the global impacts of

television. We want to start by researching the history and technology of the television. The

invention and improvements to the television represents significant technological advancements

in history. Currently we use the television for entertainment and news, has the it always been this

way? We are also only aware of the television in the United States, globally does the television

have the same uses, history, and cultural impact. To present this information to the class we plan

to use a variety of modes of explanation to teach our peers and instructor about our research

topics, these include a timeline, PowerPoint, music, video clips, and an oral presentation.

The project will be presented in PowerPoint which will include visuals and other aids to

demonstrate the effect of T.V. through the years. The phenomenon of T.V. is ever evolving and

influencing people in ways they some might not even realize. In order to research and gain

insight we will first start with our parents and figure out what their first experiences with

television were. Then, from there, it becomes pretty simple. In terms of consumer television our

generation stands out as the most influential of them all. With the invention of the ever popular

Netflix and other streaming websites television can be enjoyed in more ways than many people

believed possible. From there we will pull research and statistics related to television and

incorporate them in the form of visuals aids and through our oral presentation.

Televisions are just one of the technological advancements that have been made over the

past century. It is important to understand why and how these advancements have been made

because using the television has become an everyday occurrence in most American households.

Televisions have made such an impact on our everyday lives that we should know how they can

change the way how we live in the future.

In this project each of the team members have specific roles. It is Natalie's job to research

the topics, writing the paper will be John and Shreya’s responsibility, and the putting together the

presentation will be Claire's job.

To accomplish this project in a timely manner, we plan to set an efficient deadline for

ourselves to finish the different parts of this project. The different aspects that we need to

complete are the research, paper, and presentation. We are setting ourselves two weeks to

research and three weeks each for the paper and presentation. Therefore, we plan to have most of

our research done by the eighteenth of October. We will then work on our paper which should

take us around three weeks to complete. This means that it should be completed by November

eighth. In order to finish the presentation before it is due, we will have it ready by December

twenty-ninth.