ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AS A LEARNING RESOURCE FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

Abstract

Amidst rapid social change, entertainment media reflects societal trends through its content. This presents a valuable opportunity for social studies teachers to integrate entertainment media into their teaching to enhance student learning outcomes. This article aims to analyze the potential of entertainment media as a teaching medium in social studies. Specifically, it presents an example of such an analysis and examines the advantages and disadvantages of using entertainment media

for social studies instruction. This study examined academic documents and related sources. The results revealed that the cartoon "Hozuki's Coolheadedness" has potential for use as a teaching aid, particularly for introducing lessons and facilitating learning from its content. The five advantages of using entertainment media in social studies teaching are: creating interest in learning, integrating social issues into the story, cultivating thinking skills, content diversity, and easy accessibility via the Internet. Conversely, teachers should consider five points of caution: credibility, cultural differences, social and political perceptions, copyright, and imitative behavior.