Benefits of Television For Education

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The relationship between television and education at the moment is still a lot of people who think that television belongs to a luxurious object and many bad compared to its benefits. This is nothing other than an undue show program, such as a film showing violence or beatings and especially rape

Impressions like this are not good if watched by a child who is still in its infancy, because it can affect his psychological state. In my opinion, this opinion is a skeptical opinion. But then came the view that the television is used in teaching in the classroom.

So this opinion also requires research and verification that broke about the use of television in school. It was then this opinion that prompted the Pittsburg community in America to conduct an investigation and then published various articles about television in education.

In the current fact, from various forms of communication technology, television broadcast is a very powerful medium in disseminating information to the community simultaneously. Television also has a wide range of capabilities and is able to eliminate geographic boundaries, social systems, politics and culture of the audience.

But besides the above mentioned, it is very important we know that television also has great potential as penetration in influencing one's attitude, creativity, motivation, life view, lifestyle, and also orientation of society. Thus, one form of utilization of communication technology is the media of elevation.

Television media as a medium that proved to have a very effective ability so that it is used for broadcasting nasianal learning programs in order to expand opportunities to obtain education, improve the quality of education and improve the effectiveness of education.

Television can also have a huge social impact on society, both for children and adults alike. This influence can be seen, among others, in conversations and deeds in the community. Or I want to give an example where the television seems to replace the cinema. As a result people are rarely out of the house to watch the cinema, but more comfortable at home to watch television.

Based on the investigations that have been done in the United States in general, the time they used to see the television five times more than reading the newspaper and ten times more than the movie theater and eleven times more than reading a magazine. There are even some young men who say that television has filled our lives with them. With this it is clear that television as a tool is binding people's lives.

Thus, the television media with educational content has a role in influencing the insights of a child, such as affecting one's attitude, creativity, motivation, life view, lifestyle, and also the orientation of society. Thus, one form of utilization of communication technology is the media of elevation.

Conclusion

From the above descriptions can be concluded that television is one of the educational technology is very telling to provide information that can be accepted by the public. For example, Indonesia currently has a television station that is not only a good bit of it, a state-owned or a state-owned and a suwasta station.

So because the power of television influence is so strong, very well used as a medium of education for citizens. Education here means, both at home and as a student channel at school to support the learning process.

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