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Adult Education and Film/Television

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When cinema appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, it was just another form of entertainment along with theatre and music. Within no time, however, its technical novelty turned it into a mass communication medium since the same production, however short in duration, could reach many people at the same time across the length and breadth of a country or the world over.

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  1. Formerly Professor of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    Asoke Bhattacharya

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  1. University of Malta, Malta

    Peter Mayo

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Bhattacharya, A. (2013). Adult Education and Film/Television. In: Mayo, P. (eds) Learning with Adults. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-335-5_13

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