The reality of educational media use studies in the educational process : an analytical study

Abstract EN

The study sought to monitor and describe the studies of the use of educational media in the educational process, those studies that were approved by the educational media departments in the Faculties of Specific Education in the Egyptian universities, the sample of the study, and to reveal the strengths and weaknesses therein.

This study belongs to descriptive studies and depends on the dimensional analysis method.

The study community is represented in the scientific studies Master and Doctorate in universities (Ain Shams, Minia, Menoufia, Benha, Damietta, Mansoura, Por Said University) and the study relied on the content analysis form As an essential tool for data collection.

Among the most important findings of the study: Subjective diversity: where the subjects of educational media studies were characterized by great diversity, which reflects the richness of this research specialization and indicates the need for more efforts to weigh the topic in all its fields.

-Integration with other disciplines: which is reflected in educational media studies topics with other disciplines such as psychological, social and other disciplines.

-Some studies rely on more than one approach in studying educational media issues.

-The study found that the majority of studies in educational media departments did not rely on a theoretical approach to study these effects, although the majority of theoretical approaches were the ones with the theory of uses and gratifications.

- The educational media departments need to develop their research plans in line with the current reality, and announce those plans to researchers, which makes them take into account the aforementioned errors of repetition of topics, and the lack of exposure to other topics.