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Influence Of Televised Aggression And Pornography On The Social Adjustment Of Adolescents In Secondary Schools
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Statement of the Problem
The
introduction of the mass media and the incessant display of television
violence have to a great extent brought rapid changes on their social
orientation in school, home and society at large. It is therefore not
surprising that aggressive behaviours are prevalent in the society since
the motion pictures displaying violent acts were first introduced.
Many
youths today have become aggressive, bullies, fighters, armed robbers,
heady, obstinate, showing unrestrained disrespect to parents, teachers
and elders both at home and school. Many adolescents these days are
corrupt, wicked and immoral as a result of what they watch and learn
from corrupt television programmes, films, movies and on the internet.
Children
these days watch more pornographic films on the internet than they
study their books. This results in their becoming prostitutes, rapers,
sexual abusers and harassers, deprived and perverted individuals. Some
become rascals, radicals, weird in their dressing and appearances and
maladjusted to the social norms of the larger society.
It is as a
result of these social vices in the society that prompted this research
which aims at carrying out a study to examine the influence of televised
aggression and pornography on the social adjustment of students.
Purpose of Study
The
purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of televised
aggression and pornography on the social adjustment of students.
The specific objectives of the study are as follow:
(1) To find out whether there will be any significant effect of violent television programmes on social adjustment.
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To find out whether there is a significant effect of violent television
programmes on aggressive behaviour of adolescents in schools.
(3) Whether there is a significant gender difference in the aggressive behaviour of students due to television viewing.
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Whether there will be a significant influence of pornographic films on
the social adjustment of adolescents in school.
Research Questions
The following research questions are raised to conduct this study:
1. Will there by any significant effect of violent television programmes on the social adjustment of students?
2. Will there be any significant effect of aggressive television programmes on students’ violent behaviour in society?
3.
Will there be any significant gender difference in the aggressive
behaviour of students due to viewing violent television programmes?
4.
Will there be any significant influence of pornographic films on the
social adjustments of adolescents in schools?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the influence of televised aggression and pornography on adolescents in secondary schools in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State.A sample of 120 students randomly selected from 4 senior secondary school children in public schools were used. They were made up of 60 boys and 60 girls.A well constructed instrument, a questionnaire was used to elicit responses from the subjects.Four hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using one-way ANOVA ... Continue reading---
