PANDEMİ DÖNEMİNDE BİR EĞİTİM ARACI OLARAK TELEVİZYON: TRT EBA TV

Radio and television, which are among the most effective and widely used mass media tools, have developed and continued their existence since their first release. Although the function of radio among mass media is more effective than television, it has been more limited due to the fact that it is only voice. However, radio has never lost its importance, and television has surpassed sound and radio. This situation has caused the television to be used in many areas. According to McLuhan, mass media have functions such as informing, entertaining, educating, informing, motivating, promoting goods and services, and persuading. Among these functions, television, which is mostly used as a communication and entertainment tool, started to be used for education. The function of using television as an educational tool within the scope of the study has more clearly  İnönü Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo Televizyon Sinema Bölümü, E-mail: bahar.ozturk@inonu.edu.tr, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9470-9664  İnönü Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Yüksek Lisans Öğrencisi, E-mail: abuzercetinkaya@hotmail.com.tr, ORCID ID: 00000003-2589-1754 *** Yazar / yazarlar, makalede araştırma ve yayın etiğine uyulduğuna ve kullanılan fikir ve sanat eserleri için telif hakları düzenlemelerine riayet edildiğine yönelik beyanda bulunmuştur. İNİF E-DERGİ Mayıs 2021, 6(1), 140-162. / 141 / demonstrated the importance of television in the field of education after the COVID-19 pandemic that started on December 31, 2019. The COVID-19 epidemic, which has affected the whole world, has caused people to avoid social contact and as a result, as in many other areas, there are problems in the field of education. The results appear in the March 12, 2020 Turkey of the pandemic paused made arrangements with years of education and training in Turkey EBA decided to maintain through the Internet, and TV TRT EBA. Within the scope of the study, it was aimed to determine the changes in television viewing rates after continuing education with the distance education system via TRT EBA TV after the coronavirus pandemic. In this context, the viewing rates of Full Day (Total Day) and OPT (07: 00-20: 00) (Off Prime Time) in the monthly TIAK (Television Monitoring Research Inc.) data table for 2020 were examined. Content analysis method, which is considered to be the most effective method in analyzing data analysis, was used in the study.