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Influence Of Televised Aggression And Pornography On The Social Adjustment Of Adolescents In Secondary Schools
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Research Hypothesis
1. There will be no significant effect of violent television programmes on students social adjustment.
2. There will be no significant effect of violent television programmes on the aggressive behaviour of students.
3.
There will be no significant gender difference in the aggressive
behaviour of students due to violent television programmes.
4.
There will be no significant influence of pornographic films viewing on
the social adjustment of students in schools.
Significance of Study
It
is unarguably clear that violent television programmes influence the
behaviour of the child either directly or indirectly. This study will
therefore enable children to be more focused on their academic works
than watching more television programme. It will also help children to
realize that all what they see on television are mostly film ticks,
make-beliefs and embellishments and they ought not to imitate them.
The
study will be significant to educators because the information gathered
can help them to develop educational theories which could help or be
useful in guiding adolescents in their social development.
The study
is significant to parents in that they will be able to control and
monitor the type of programmes their children watch on television and
the time to watch them through the recommendations of this study.
Producers
of television programmes will be encouraged to produce more informative
and educative programmes which will help in the children’s academic
performance and social adjustment.
Definition of Terms
The key
words that would be defined here are Aggression, Pornography and Social
Adjustment. They would be defined in the context of the study.
Aggression:
Is a deliberate unprovoked attack by a person or group on another. It
is an energetic activity of the mind or body, whether innate or a
product of frustration, and either healthily expressed as proper
self-assertion or in the use and perfecting of skills etc, or morbidly
expressed in bullying, masochism, destructiveness etc or sublimated in
play.
Televised Aggression: Is that which holds a reward, either
direct or indirect (in the form of observation of models). These rewards
are, the influencing factors in aggression. It relates to the effect of
glamorized violent role-models such as those in the media, on computer
games, in cyberspace and in music. The issue to be addressed is whether
people, especially children can tell the difference between reality and
fantasy.
Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at
which a unifying framework is needed. All violence is aggression, but no
all aggression is violent. Intimidation for instance is a case of
non-violent aggression.
Pornography: Is an obscene literature,
photograph or painting intended to cause sexual excitement. Pornography
from the Greek word “Porneia†means “Prostitutionâ€. In general usage
today, it refers to literature, films and so on, that are sexually
arousing. Soft-core pornography refers to pornography that is suggestive
rather than explicit. Hard-core pornography in contrast, is explicit in
that it shows actual sexual acts and photographs of the genitals.
Generally, it is the explicit representation of sexual behaviour verbal
or pictorial which degrades or demeans humans especially women.
Social
Adjustment: It is the adaptation of a person to his social environment.
Adaptation may take place by adapting self to the environment or by
changing the environment. Generally, it is a relationship which involves
the accommodation of the individual to circumstances in his social
environment for the satisfaction of his needs and motives. It is the
ability of the individual to integrate successfully with others to
perform his social functions accordingly.
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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---
