By Odili Ogochukwu –
The role of mass media in the development of education cannot be underscored. It has fiddled a crucial fraction in impacting on the less privilege as well as the socio-economic downturn of the society by recognizing educational implications.
Various forms of mass media such as newspapers, Magazine, Radio, Television, Internet, fliers and so on have largely contributed in spreading amongst the masses the belief that they should concentrate on the development of the basic literacy skills of reading, writing and arithmetic, in order to make a living more meaningful.
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Individuals who are not educated and do not recognize its distinction experience dire consequences. In the development of education, mass media and technology is not just limited to the classroom setting, it is extensive, it makes provision of equal opportunities to learn, and it is so much the part of the real world that to limit its use within the classroom is to limit the ability of the students to compete themselves in the world.
The main purpose of this material is to explore the position of media in the development of education. Other areas been taken into account are, the significance of mass media, tools of mass media, learning with mass media and technologies, mass media in development communication, the effect of mass media on motivation and the positive effect of mass media upon the societies.
The role of mass media has been considered valuable not only in the improvement of education, but also other areas such as, communication, motivation, social welfare, work opportunities and understanding how to make effective use of technology.