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Education is the soul of democracy, so, media has a vital role to play for its universalisation. Media has opened new dimensions in learning. Now education is no longer a constraint for anyone. Media has brought education to the doorstep of each and every individual. All forms of media- the newspaper, radio, television and the internet are equally important in imparting education..Media has played a positive as well negative role to influence the education of the adolescents. Media resources provide the knowledge of all worldly spheres but also affect the life style, study habits, relations with society, family, school environment and friends. In the present study the investigator has tried to analyze the effect of media in education as it is perceived by the adolescents and their parents in modern education system in India. To achieve the desired objectives total sample of 80 adolescents was taken from the Distt Solan of Himachal Pradesh out of which 40 students and their Parents were taken from the rural background and 40 from the urban background. To explore the perception of the adolescents and their parents a five point rating was developed by the investigator. T test was used to compare the perception of rural and urban adolescents and their parents towards the media the results of the study indicate: i) the rural adolescents are less aware about the usefulness of media in education as compare to urban adolescents. It may be because of less awareness among the rural adolescents. ii) The perceptions of rural parents are differing from urban parents because urban parents are using the different media resources and they know about the usefulness of media in education.