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The Effects Of Home Video And Movies Industry On The Socio-moral Behaviours And Crime Prevention In Nigeria
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1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This research is aimed at
investigating the effect of the Home video industry in Nigeria from the
perspective of socio¬moral implications. The major task is to establish
whether or not there are socio-economic and moral significances
generated from the productions of this industry in Nigeria. Specific to
this purpose then are:
i. To investigate the recent concern expressed about the industry by some Nigerians.
ii. To findout the attitude of the artists and the producers to the reasons for the concerns.
iii. To analyse the feeling of the populace as consumers and observers towards the Home video movies.
iv.
To examine the socio-moral behaviour and cultural implications of the
new culture of video watching in the lives of people in Nigeria.
v. To make contributions by suggesting some objective criteria with which to evaluate Home Video Industry normally.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This work itself will form part of library research for further research on this topic.
The information provided in this work will be of use not only to the general public, but also for posterity.
The
work will be of great benefit to future researchers on a similar topic
or subject, either by criticizing or developing it to a high grade.
It will be an addition to the numerous literatures on the subject in the library etc.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
work will concentrate on the entire activities of home video industry
in Nigeria, the socio-moral effect on the citizenry of the Nigerian
society and the response of the church, and other social structures.
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The researcher adopts a multi-dimensional approach in her efforts to get at the substance of this work.
The
researcher made use of both primary and secondary sources of obtaining
pieces of information. Books, journal articles, encyclopedia,
dictionaries, magazines, unpublished project works etc were consulted as
secondary source materials. Questionnaire schedule was designed as a
primary source of obtaining oral information from the respondents. Both
structured and unstructured questionnaire items were designed for
eliciting information out of these respondents. People from the age of
twenty were considered qualified as respondents.
In interpretation of the data collected, the researcher made use of descriptive and analytical approaches.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
The
Key terms that appeared in this work need to be defined for according
to both Aristotle and Cicero, “Initio disputandi, est definitio -
nominis†(that is a discussion to be intelligible; it must begin with
definition of terms).
Pornographic films:
Shields (2004:197)
refers it to be the portrayal of human sexuality in print or on screen
in ways which stimulate sexual desire and/or sexual fantasy in the
reader or viewer. Because of the way in which sexual attraction
operates, it is usually the female of the species who is presented in
varying degree of undress but there is a growing tendency towards
parallel focus on the mate. Like drugs or gambling, pornography is
highly addictive and can become the Master of those who resort to it. It
is a well-known fact that the reading or viewing of pornographic
materials can lead to prostitution which is act of immorality.
Morality:
Morality
is a household word in our contemporary society. According to Harry in
Agha (2003:41) No society can live without morals. And that their
moralities are those standards of conduct which the reasonable man
approves. Peschke (1975:76) sees morality as:
That actions valued as
good or evil according as they contribute to the realization of the
values of happiness, self-perception or temporal progress.
The
morally good is rather relative to another value, is considered superior
and whose promotion or impairment is whose promotion or impairment is
the measure of moral goodness.
Voodooism - Hornby defines it as a
religion that is practiced especially in Hattie and involves magic and
witchcraft. The films today in Nigeria are mostly on voodooism.
Religious
Triumphalism - Also, the Hornby refers triumphalism as (disapproving)
behaviour that celebrates a victory or success in a way that is too
proud and intended to upset the people you have defeated. The
Christianity which emerges on the screen is unrealistic, a “crosslessâ€
Christianity in which the victories which the gospels discuss is
shrouded in eschatological terms. Invocation of the name, Jesus is like a
magic word.
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