抄録
The studies on mass communication by American sociologists representedby C. W. Mills were introduced to Japan, then the question thereofbegan to be enthusiastically argued in our country. Since 1954 when thebroadcasting of television covered many districts, moreover, people becameinterested in the question.
More specifically, many of the theses on mass communication writtenduring the time from 1954 to 1965 related to “the influence of televisionon education.” And most of them pointed out that television worked badlyfor education, but some could be actually proved and some could not.
Since 1966, remarkable amount of journals came to mention about ‘post -industrial society.’ Stimulated by the references on post-industrialsociety, Yujiro Hayashi created a concept of ‘informational society.’ They became interested in the relationship between mass communicationand education in an informational society.
The informational society defined by Hayashi means the society basedupon information processing by computers. The important points in thissociety are how to collect information and how to select it. In addition, creative judgement is also very important while the data of informationare processed by computers. Information in mass communication shouldserve for attitude change and formation and it should be treated for thebenefit of his behavior.
As mentioned above, the meaning of mass communication in an informationalsociety is different from that in other societies. Mainly fromthe viewpoint of school education, they gradually utilize mass media asoften as possible. Besides the text books and libraries, they are goingto utilize television as an important supplementary medium for schooleducation. It is considered as the use of mass communication for thesystematization of education.
