Television and the 1950s

Television’s role in the 1950s The 1950s were a period of American pride and honor. Times were great following World War II, the postwar economy was booming and never have so many people had so much time on their hands. People were in the spending mood and the businessmen found a medium in which they can get their products to the consumers. The television came into be the medium in communicating to the people. …

…the war. Advertisements and television sitcoms both stressed what meant to be American! . Car advertisements pictured the ideal family while, Leave It To Beaver, I Love Lucy, and all other entertainment shows focused around a strong nucleus family that loved each other dearly portraying American values that everyone admired. It seems as if the power of television was used to unify a nation by setting the tone for society’s values, while enforcing capitalist consumerism.