World Television Day
November 21 · Level 8 · #532 of 2238
World Television Day recognizes the screen's role in sharing news, introducing cultures and bringing public issues into people's homes. The UN observance also highlights the responsibility that comes with choosing stories for an audience of millions.
How it is celebrated: broadcasters produce special features, while journalists and researchers discuss programming, access to information and television's future. Media literacy events encourage audiences to think carefully about what they watch.
The date has nothing to do with the invention of the television set: it marks the opening of the first World Television Forum at the UN on 21 November 1996.