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Mass Media in Education

The document discusses the use of mass media in education. It describes mass media as including television, radio, newspapers, journals, and the internet. These tools can provide information quickly to large audiences at a low cost. They allow students to access a wide range of educational content and bring the world into the classroom. While mass media has benefits like enhancing education and developing skills, it also has potential drawbacks like encouraging passive learning and exposing students to misleading information.

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Mass Media in Education

The document discusses the use of mass media in education. It describes mass media as including television, radio, newspapers, journals, and the internet. These tools can provide information quickly to large audiences at a low cost. They allow students to access a wide range of educational content and bring the world into the classroom. While mass media has benefits like enhancing education and developing skills, it also has potential drawbacks like encouraging passive learning and exposing students to misleading information.

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MASS MEDIA IN EDUCATION

SUBMITTED BY – DINESH GUPTA


ROLL NO.
INTRODUCTION
The mass media are diversified media technologies
that are intended to reach a large audience by mass
communications.

The three functions of mass media are providing


information ,socialising and mobilizing.

Mass media include radio, TV, news papers, films,


audio & video cassettes etc.
Mass media has been universally characterized by four
attributes

These are:-

 Broad Appeal
 Speed
 Availability
 Low Cost
IMPORTANCE
 Provide information to the mass in less time.
 It takes a wide range of information regarding anything
that is happening in any corner of the world.
 It brings the entire world to the individual or to the class
room.
 Reach easily to groups, allow repeated use, give more
reality, influence attitudes, show cause and effect
relationships.
 It sends information to remote places and helps in distant
learning.
 It acts as an agency of social change.
TYPES
 TELEVISION

 RADIO

 NEWSPAPER

 JOURNALS

 INTERNET
RADIO
 It is mainly used to broadcast events to far and wide
places of the world.
 A very important source of entertainment.
 Everyday we listen to many talks, discussions and
debates from radio. These are very useful.
 It stimulates curiosity and interest.
 The educational broadcasts are effective means of
presenting music, drama, and appreciation.
 Educational broadcasts are team teaching
demonstrations.
TELEVISION
 One of the most important and powerful agencies of
mass education.
 Educational television is the most recent audio-
visual media for class instruction.
 TV can give a very good idea of the history of the
country through dances, short films on historical
places and museums.
 It is capable of making available many needed and so
far inaccessible learning experiences.
 It can motivate both children and adults.
JOURNALS
 A journal refers to the periodical publications like

magazines. It also helps people in acquiring


knowledge.
 E-journals are digitalized journals which we can read

on the web.
 Considering their convenience and up- to-date

information, they are indispensable as a research tool.


NEWSPAPER
Newspapers are usually for a mixed age group of
readers and carry items of new and current affairs.
They contain sections for various categories of people.

Applications of newspapers are:-


 Current events study and analysis.
 Study of local, national and world problem.
 Practice in reading.
 Visual and pictorial support to classwork.
INTERNET
 It has become an inevitable source of information.
 It can be accessed by anyone at any time.
 Any kind of data can be collected at low cost.
 Through internet students can communicate with
any data giving resources.
 Students can gain from others’ knowledge and
experiences, participate in chat rooms, share ideas
and solutions etc.
 Internet helps in increasing language skills.
POSITIVE IMPACT
Motor skills are improved by typing, clicking, playing
games, and other tech related finger skills.
Hand eye coordination or even quick thinking can be
helped.
Access to mass news media can improve reading
skills.
Social network activity is theorized to improve
writing and socializing skills.
Enhanced education.
NEGATIVE IMPACT
Makes student dull and lazy.

Encourages mass learning without quality learning.

Many misleading and wrong information.

It poisons the learners with various unethical and

indecent contents in print or video form.


Reduces learning and research capability

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