Tales about Television. Difficulties at naming a new technology

Abstract

The aim of this article is the analysis of news items that appeared between 1924 and 1935 in the newspaper from Jalisco, Mexico, El Informador and the weekly magazine Revista de Revistas, written media that showed interest for the popularization of television since the mid-1920’s. It is intended to show the attempts to name this technology, about displaying “the problems of nomination of the device”. It is also of interest how was this invention perceived in press notes. Furthermore, it is also analyzed the imaginary uses attributed to this new medium of communication.