nmm 22 4500 ICPSR22720 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130522s2008 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR22720 MiAaI MiAaI Introduction of Television to the United States Media Market, 1946-1960 [electronic resource] Matthew Gentzkow , Jesse M. Shapiro 2008-09-30 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2008 ICPSR 22720 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-22. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This study catalogs the introduction of television to media markets in the United States. The file titled, "TV Station Diffusion by DMA, 1946-1960," lists the name and the start date of the first commercial television station in each Nielsen media market (DMA) in the United States. This dataset uses the 2002/2003 definitions of Nielsen media markets. The file titled, "TV Set Diffusion by United States County, 1950-1960," lists by county the number of households that own television sets for the years 1950 and 1953-1960. This study also includes a file titled, "Crosswalk -- County to DMA," that matches each county to its respective DMA(s). Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22720.v1 broadcasting icpsr historical data icpsr household appliances icpsr mass media icpsr television icpsr ICPSR XVI.A. Social Indicators, United States DATAPASS I. NDIIPP Gentzkow, Matthew University of Chicago Shapiro, Jesse M. University of Chicago Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22720.v1