| Title | The Task Ahead: Making TV the ‘Shining Center of the Home’ And Helping Create A New Society of Adults |
| Publication | Variety |
| Date | 1954-01-06 |
| Author | Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver |
| Page | 91 |
| Source | Internet Archive |
| Clipping id | TOA-TVN-1954-001 |
| Permalink | https://technooptimism.org/archive/television/toa-tvn-1954-001 |
| Technology | Television |
| Promise type | Social Cohesion, International Understanding |
| Summary | These excerpts present broadcasting as a force that would turn the world into a “small town,” eliminate divisions between “us” and “them,” and make it impossible to raise people to hate foreigners, replacing prejudice with shared knowledge and understanding |