When television was introduced as an instructional device in American schools in the 1960s it replaced textbook learning in some classrooms. In the outback country of Australia, rural Italy, and India, teaching via radio and television became an accepted method of educational instruction as technology has advanced (Schramm & Roberts, 1971). While studies of television as an instructional method have concluded that people When television was introduced as an instructional device in American schools in the 1960s it replaced textbook learning in some classrooms. In the outback country of Australia, rural Italy, and India, teaching via radio and television became an accepted method of educational instruction as technology has advanced (Schramm & Roberts, 1971). While studies of television as an instructional method have concluded that people