Education Media and social change

-Education as a Factor of social change

-Media and social change

-Education as a Factor of social change

Emile Durkheim defines education as the socialization of the younger generation. The basic aim of education is to maintain or sustain society, to ensure continuity and stability. but education also plays a dynamic role and performs the function of an initiator of social change. it generates new ideas and values, and transmits them to the younger generation.

Society and education.

Education emerges out of the needs of society. these are the needs for unity, stability and continuity. education fulfils these needs through the transmission of the culture or way of life of a society. this way of life consists of customs, knowledge and skills. education trains younger generation to preserve and to perpetuate this way of life. but education also trains people to develop new ideas and adjust to changing environment.

The process of education begins in the family. parents and family play an informal role in education. but education continues through special social agencies, especially the schools which play a more formal role in education . schools are a social necessity for providing special learning. in a simple society, the family is able to provide all the knowledge and skills required. but in a modern complex society, school and other formal agencies are necessary to provide the specialised skills required. thus, in a modern society, the role of the family in the process of education is restricted to only primary socialization. the formal educational institutions take up the functions of secondary socialization.

There is a close relationship between education and culture, education is the process through which the culture of the society is transmitted to the younger generation.culture is the way of life found in the society. it includes knowledge, skills, norms, values, beliefs, attitudes and so on.

There is a close relationship between education and social stratification. modern education fosters liberal values such as equality, freedom, and scientific temper. it also cultivates awareness against inequality, social deprivation and all sorts of discrimination.

The ideas of democracy, socialism, secularism and social justice have essentially grown in the modern times because of educational development, thus, the political system is another important dimension in which education plays an important role.

the educational system also diversifies the economic system. the economic value of education was not recognized by economist till recently. economist now accept education as a factor that promotes economic growth.

Education and social change.

We have examined how education influence different domains of social life, it acts as an agent of social change. education engage itself in a much more positive action and can perform the function of an initiator of change. it inculcates in the younger generation whatever changes are desirable for rebuilding a society. moreover, it cultivates necessary intellectual and emotional readiness to deal with challanges of change.

education is an important instrument of modernisation. modern values in social, economic and political have to be instilled in the minds of people to achieve the goal of modernization. values such as equality, liberty, scientific temper, humanism and ideas against blind faith pave the way for modernization. this task can be effectively performed by education.

Education has acted as a strong modernising force in our society. it has changed the world view of the people. the growth of educational institutions based on the rational principle of science is itself an expression of modernization. increasing urge for education among the deprived and the down trodden reveals that there is a change in their levels of aspirations. it has given an additional responsibility to the educational system.

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Media and Social change.

Meaning of Mass media.

The term Mass media means the media such as radio, television, print and flims which are used to communicate to a large number of people. the term "mass" means a large number of people or a cross section of the population as against a particular class or category of people. the "media" are such means of communication as the press (newspaper and magazines) radio, television, flims, computer networks, and so on.

the term mass media implies that mass media is different from other kinds of communication because they address a cross-section of a large population rather than a few individuals or a particular section of the population. it is also called mass media because information is disseminated through these channels simultaneously to the masses.

Society and the Mass Media.

Mass Media provide information to people regarding day to day events, ranging from weather conditions to local, national, and international events such as politics, wars, and natural disasters. in large cities and towns where people are more separated from each other, the media keep them informed about what goes on around them.

secondly, entertainment is another important function of the media. people get entertainment not only through such means like films but also through information provided by the media. local news programmes for example, furnish information as well as entertainment by devoting time in reporting violent crimes and sports. the local television channels in most of the cases survive primarily because they make profits by providing entertainment to the people.

Thirdly, the media now plays an increasing role in the socialization of the young. with the development of mass media, children come under the active influence of the media. Musicians, dancers, sports persons, actors and actress give young people new ideas about how to behave and how to dress. certain values, attitudes and beliefs projected through the media are also imbided by them.

finally, the media lend a hand in maintaining cultural continuity. they play an important role in keeping cultures alive.

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