Blog #8
In Chapter 5, the book explained how television is the fastest electronic transmission form of media. Immediately after the events of September 11,2001, television created a sense of a national culture in the United States. All news channels had live coverage of the events occuring and reached almost every American household. Also, the events portrayed on the television went international, with many countries seeing what was happening. So yes, television can create a national as well as an international culture. It also influences the way people think and react to certain situations.
