INFLUENCE OF HOME VIDEO WATCHING ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
INFLUENCE OF HOME VIDEO WATCHING ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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2016-07
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ENYI, Esther Onyaga
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This study was on the influence of home video watching on the social behaviour of junior
Secondary school students in Adamawa state, Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five
research questions and five null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the
study. The population was thirty five thousand, eight hundred and seven (35,807) adolescent
students in junior secondary schools in six (6) local government areas in Adamawa state.
Multistage sampling technique was used to administer the instrument to 500 students selected in
all the six schools in the study area. Four rating scale structured questionnaire titled Video
Viewed and Social Behaviour (VVSB) was used for data collection. Data collected were coded
into SPSS version 22. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was employed in testing
hypotheses 1, 2, and 3 while t-test was used to test hypotheses 4 and 5 at 0.05 level of
confidence. The result show that 54% of the respondents are male, 31.2% prefer to watch drama
film and about 65% confirmed that home video has impacted positive change to their social
behavior. The effect of home video watch and television viewing on social behavior of junior
secondary school Adamawa State includes: exposure to media violence has been positively
related to subsequent aggressive behaviour, ideas, arousal, and anger. The results also show that
home videos have influence on the academic performance and social behaviour of junior secondary
school students. The result revealed that home videos have both positive and negative influence on
youth morality. It was recommended among others that parents should control the types of home
video viewed by adolescents at home. In addition, they should minimize time spent by
adolescents viewing videos at home.
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DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, HOME ECONOMIC SECTION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF A MASTERS DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS (M.Ed. HOME
ECONOMICS)
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INFLUENCE,, HOME VIDEO WATCHING,, SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR,, JUNIOR,, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, ADAMAWA STATE,, NIGERIA