History of broadcasting

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-broadcasting

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the technological catalyst?The transistor radio (popularized in the 1960s) dramatically increased portability and accessibility
2. What is broadcasting?Broadcasting is sending voices and music through invisible waves so people can hear them from far away.
3. Who helped make radio possible?Scientists like James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz discovered electromagnetic waves, and Guglielmo Marconi used them to send messages.

Electromagnetism: The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields, fundamental to radio waves.
Wireless Telegraphy: Communication using radio waves to transmit coded messages without physical wires.
Mass Broadcasting: The transmission of audio or video content to a very large, dispersed audience simultaneously.