TELEVISION
[Notes: What it is-a fruitful source of entertainment-plays a significant role in scientific research-an effective medium of education, even adult education. ] Television is an amazing achievement of modern science. It is the process of transmitting a view of actual or recorded events by radio to a distant receiving set. The scotch scientist John Logie Baird is credited with the glory of inventing it.
Television is a great and fruitful source of entertainment. It not only regales our ears with songs and music but also feasts our eyes with the pictures of the performers. A man having a television set can enjoy a cinema-show or see an exciting cricket match played at a distance without stirring out of his house. Television plays an important role in the field of scientific research: specially it facilitates the exploration of space. It can transmit to the earth the pictures of the objects of outer space, and this helps us to know fully the mystery of the vast universe.
Television is an effective medium of education. Lessons in agricultu- re can be effectively given through it. Agriculturists can be taught how to manure their fields and scatter seeds. Television is of immense value to physicians, specially to medical students. It enables them to watch major operations carried out by outstanding surgeons. Training in sports can also be given through it. It can be used as a medium of mass education. It can also be utilised for adult education which is the crying need of underdeveloped countries
