Concept of Media
Naz and Akbar (2013: 35) a medium (plural media) is a
channel of communication, derived from the Latin word meaning “between”. The
term refers to anything that carries information between a source and a
receiver. Definition of media focus on use of technologies plus concepts and
contexts. Media are the means for transmitting or delivering
messages and in teaching-learning perspective delivering content to the
learners, to achieve effective instruction.
The term media according to Seth
(2009: 12) refers to devices and materials employed in teaching and learning.
It includes hardware like blackboards, radio, television, tape recorders, video
tapes and recorders and projectors; and, software like transparencies, films,
slides, teacher-made diagrams, real objects, cartoons, models, maps and
photographs.
Media can be used effectively in formal situation
where students are working independently or teacher is working with other group
of students. Media play a significant role in the education of students with
exceptionalities children with disabilities in particular need special instructional
treatment which is supplemented with adaptation and specially designed media
for effective instruction of such students. The most common use of media in an
instructional situation is for supplemental support of the instructor in the
class room to enhance learning
Based on the explanation above
the researcher conludes that the media is often related with means of
communication. The term media often refers of any device that brings
information from the source of message to the destination. In our daily life,
we can see some examples. They are television, radio, book, record, and
picture. Media are any devices that assist an instructor to transmit to learner
facts, skills, attitudes, knowledge and appreciation or additional materials
used when using a particular teaching method to make learning easy, as it
intends to help both the teacher to teach more reflectively and the learner to
grasp the concepts more effectively
