An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
- Television can offer video clips of events that show the audience what happened in the accompanying story.
- The television coverage covers events at all times of the day.
- Television broadcasting was first started by the government of India under the name of Doordarshan (DD) in Delhi on Sep – 1959.
- Today, Television coverage is provided by Doordarshan to about 90 percent of India’* population in India.
Advantages:
- It is the most effective medium to deliver information to large number of people very quickly.
- News in different part of the world can be seen with in minutes or even seconds.
- Television educates millions of people through advertisement. ,
- It is a source of entertainment.
- It makes a personal appeal and transmits the message directly into the home.
- It exhibits the persons giving the message.
Disadvantages:
- It is a sort of time – consuming, people waste time in watching.
- Television is a health hazard to people, especially to ****.
- Television also broad casts some inappropriate programmes.
- It is very costly, so it can be used only to a limited extent.
- It requires lot of concentration, attention of the people.
