This textbook provides an overview of media used for instruction and communication. Chapters cover the following subject areas: (1) media and the systematic approach to teaching and learning; (2) media and individualized learning; (3) the community as a learning center; (4) choosing, using, and producing media; (5) displaying, and some fundamentals of visual communication; (6) graphic materials; (7) transparencies and overhead projection; (8) photography; (9) still pictures; (10) audio materials; (11) motion pictures, films, and video; (12) television; (13) realia, models, and demonstrations; (14) games, simulations, and informal dramatizations; (15) free and inexpensive materials; and (16) print, multimedia, and microforms. Reference sections also provide technical information on the following: (1) operating audiovisual equipment, (2) duplicating processes, (3) photographic equipment and techniques, (4) physical facilities, (5) classified directory of sources, and (6) references--print and audiovisual. (EMH)