UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE

OF MEDIA STUDIES
Introduction to Mass Communication
BAJMC
20JMT-101
LECTURE 11
Prepared by –Mandeep Choursia(E-6331)

TELEVISION DISCOVER . LEARN .

EMPOWER 1
 Lecture objectives

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CO2 The focus will be on definition Understand

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Lecture outcomes
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 Definition

• an electronic system of transmitting transient

images of fixed or moving objects together with
sound over a wire or through space by apparatus
that converts light and sound into electrical waves
and reconverts them into visible light rays and
audible sound

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 History

• Year - 1928
• Founder - General Electric
 Advantages
1. Wide range of entertainment and informational
program
2. Wide audience range
3. Easy to use

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 Disadvantages
1. Its not portable like radio
2. Long time with television can effect once health.
3. Its an expensive mean to get any information

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 REFERENCES
Text Books:
Mass Communication in India: Kewal J Kumar

Dynamics of Mass Comm : Uma Narula

Online Reference:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/television
https://www.fallonsolutions.com.au/Handy_Hints/a-brief-history-of-television
https://reelrundown.com/tv/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-watching-Television#:~
:text=Studies%20have%20shown%20that%20there,place%20of%20family%20and%20f
riends.
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/Terminology/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Tel
evision.html
https://www.online-sciences.com/technology/what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvant
ages-of-watching-tv/
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 SUMMARY

Television is an electronic system of transmitting transient images of

fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through
space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves
and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound

Advantages:
1. Wide range of entertainment
and informational program
2. Wide audience range
3. Easy to use
Disadvantages:
1.Its not portable like radio
2.Long time with television can
effect once health.
3.Its an expensive mean to get
any information