Television as Popular Culture Media and Parental Attention and Their Correlation to the Students＇ Motivation to Choose Major  

作　　者：Sudiran 

机构地区：[1]University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang, Indonesia

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2015年第5期387-396,共10页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：Television as one of the popular culture media plays an important role in the development of students＇ personality and knowledge because it provides countless information and entertainment that can enhance their knowledge as the viewers. This study was conducted to give an idea whether television viewing and parental attention can assist students to take a decision of choosing major at the senior high school. This study used descriptive method which analyzed the correlation among television viewing, parental attention, and the students＇ motivation to choose a major. The sample of this study consisted of 100 students of the state senior high school in Malang, East Java. The finding shows that there is no correlation among television viewing, parental attention, and the students＇ motivation to choose major at the senior high school. In other words, the possibility of choosing the major can be attributed to some other factors such as interest, talent, aspiration, and other expectation to achieve their goals

关 键 词：TELEVISION popular culture media parental attention students MOTIVATION 

分 类 号：TN941.1[电子电信—信号与信息处理] G12[电子电信—信息与通信工程]