INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION VIEWING ON YOUNG ADULT’S DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR
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Abstract
The study seeks to establish the influence of Television viewing on young adult’s deviant behaviour. The sociological approach was employed to examine the influence of television viewing on young adult’s anti-social behaviour specifically in two selected secondary schools in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area . Four research questions were raised and three hypotheses tested for this study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study.Using the questionnaire for data collection.A total number of 357 subjects used for the study were selected through the multi-stage sampling method. The results of this study indicate positive relationship between television viewing and young adult’s deviant behaviours and so, the four null hypotheses formulated were not supported by this study. Findings of this study reveal that there is a significant effect of television on young adult’s anti-social behaviour, respect for culture, Also, finding further indicates that watching television makes young adults to adopt foreign culture. On a final note, it was noted that there is a significant effect of television viewing on rising incidence of social vices among the young adults in Nigeria. From these findings, this study recommends that a good blend of mass communication and interpersonal communication strategies is necessary. They can be useful in directing audience response to media message.More Nigerians televised sociocultural programmes should be shown in order to teach Nigerian values. Entertainment should not be at the expense of news and current affairs.
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