Selecting Between Animation and Printed Comic for Transferring Knowledge to Rural Schoolchildren.

Animation and 3D comics are the most widely used mediums for transferring scientific information to schoolchildren. This study aims at comparing the students' loyalty to 3D animation and printed comic. This paper answers the following research questions: (1) What are the criteria of animation that influence students' decision to keep watching and share the experience to their peers afterwards? (2) What are the factors in printed comics that affect students' willingness to keep using the media and share it to their friends? (3) Which media appeals more to rural schoolchildren? The paper employed questionnaires with the Likert test for collecting data. This paper ranked the criteria of 'sense' and 'think', which influence the students' loyalty to the media. The number of respondents was 139 students grade 7th and 8th, who live in Sedanau and Tanjung Batang village, the district of Natuna, Indonesia. We applied Friedman test to measure the criteria and the media of choice. This paper highlights that the media of choice is critical in the process of transferring knowledge successfully to the schoolchildren living in remote areas in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]