Mass Media: Discuss the importance of mass media as an agent to education.

Important (adjective) / Important (Noun)
1 necessary or of great value:
2 having great effect or influence:
Mass media
1. Newspapers, television and radio:
Agent (REPRESENTATIVE)
1 a person who acts for or represents another:
Agent (CAUSE)
1.a person or thing that produces a particular effect or change
Education
1. The process of teaching or learning in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this:
Educate
1. To teach someone, especially using the formal system of school, college or university:
Educational
1.Providing education or relating to education:

* Easier to be done in point form
Mass media:
Television progammes,
Radio programmes,
Newspaper etc.
Magazines
films
CDs
Internet

Television
Documentary
Talk shows
Real TV
Drama series (Omit)
Movies (omit)

Radio Programme
live broad castings on news/ entertainment (Omit)
Live discussions on various topics.

Newspapers
Educational newspaper
News week / Times / National Tribune

Internet
The fastest and widest way to get information.

o The communication media are the different technological processes that facilitate communication between the sender of a message and the receiver of that message.
o Media communicate information to a large, sometimes global, audience
o Media is a fundamental part of contemporary life à that draws our attention the most as one of the primary socializing agent of today's society.
o Act as the bridge between our personal/private lives and the public world
o We see ourselves and our place in society through mass media
o We need to pay special attention to mass media if we want to understand how society functions.
o is a source of entertainment and information
o be a way to transmit information and values

apdapted from : http://www.public.asu.edu/~zeyno217/365/notes1.html

Mass media is a visual way of learning. It transforms books to screen shows It transforms hard core facts to a interactive way of leaning by visualizing.
It allows people to get information very easily and conveniently. It is an alternative way of learning.

In conclusion, media has “taught”/ inculcate people on values that they should have. Media act as a source for audience to understand how the society and the people adapt by different ways to be accepted into the society.

Normal Education
Teacher teach
Read books to get information
Learn by practical

Done By : Cheryl Goh

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