THE IMPACT OF INDECENT MOVIES ON CHILDHOOD SOCIALIZATION

(A CASE STUDY OF AWKUNANAW ENUGU)

ABSTRACT

It has been notice that most children no longer pa attention to their books/cares and other home chores due to watching films on their video or TV. Sets after school and weekend.

The information issues in these films shows in the video or televsion receivers is that our cultural vales are being invaded by foreign ones on the aspects of our lives, in the food eat, cloths we wear, he language we speak, even on our mode of social life etc.  Most films on video and television deficit indecent or emulate.

It is argued that indecent acts such as violent on the films and movie pictures causes aggressive behaviour on the children this leading them into committing eden acts.

The topic “The impact if indecent movies on child lead socialization was chosen in view of recognition of indecent or immoral behaviours often exhibited by most children on our society.

As or future hope, there should be concerted effort towards x- raging the overall impact of such films in children. To find you negative or positive effects on them and above all to find possible solution this time worn people.

This is also to explores the damages of watching indecent films that may be invlebt in nature and ending solution to check the violent behaviour of children engendered by indecent films exhibitions.

Superfice it say tat this study with also help arrest this ugly situation of encssnt films shows on our video or television set.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION                                                                            1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY                                        4

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM                                       6

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY                                                        7

SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY                                           8

SEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE                                                8

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS                                                   9

CONCEPTUAL & OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS            10

ASSUMPTION                                                                       12

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY                                             13

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW                                                        15

THEORIES ON THE EFFECTS OF –

VIEWING TELEVISED FILM VIOLENCE                                     20

SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEWS                                     25

CHAPTER  THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & DESIGN                         26

RESEARCH SAMPLE                                                           26

MEASURING INSTRUMENT                                                         27

EXPECTED RESULTS                                                          29

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS  30

CHAPTER  FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.        36

RECOMMENDATIONS                                                                  38

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

The topic the “impact of indecent movies on children socialization” is a study that deserves an indept exhaustive treatment. This gas becomes necessary in view of the current diviant and violent behaviour often exhibited by most children in the society.

According to ‘Joy A  Ugwuanyi  (1999), the increase in the number of vide result centers, the Home and foreign video and the fact that both parents now go out to work, leaving the children on their own, they could walk in to any video rental and pick up any film. This does no anur well for the society.

Moreover most Nigerian children spend a substantial amount of time watching films and views on the television, the child catches a glimpse of deviant and violent behaviours that is country to the ethics and worms of the society.

Because of thus indecent or immoral behaviours often exhibited by most children, many well meaning Nigerians gave consotetly called for censorship of all foreign and home films that is imported or produced in the country.  In advanced countries, films are classified. For instance, films reacted as “P.G.” (Parental Guidance) must not be watched alone by a child. He must watch it under the guidance of the parents. There are dome that children above certain age cannot watch.  The maintaining council ensures that such films are not screened on the day or early evening. However a lot of developments have rendered these control measures one effective.

In addition, some of these indecent movies especially those that are violent in nature impact a feeling of violent on children after watching the movies.

2. For number of yeas, “Gerbneretal (1977:176-207) have been profiting the amount if violence in network television.  They have been conducting audience surrey to determine whether heavy viewing of a great deal of violence on television, result in a distorted and fearful view of the society.

Result from the study have indicated significant relationship between the amount of television viewing and various indices of fear, must rust and subjective probability of experiencing violence. The more one watches violent films, the is to over estimate the amount.

3. Gerbneretal (1977) still demographic fays such as found positive and significant associations between the amount of film and television viewing and the amount of perceived violence or fear of violence. Of violence in real world, and the chances of becoming personally involved in a violent come, even the age, sex.

LIPPMAN (1922:121) suggested that the pictures on our head are mainly constructed from the  picture we get from the violent film. Also in trying to investigate how specific violent films from the media contents can lead ti te construction of related realified Lippman often referred to the media as encultural cultivation”.

It is perhaps outeresting to note that since the introduction of indecent films in Nigeria, the county has been witnessing interesting increased incidents of  crime and other violent acts concerned citizens blamed it on incient attitude social ills, such as demobilization of services men, weak and understaffed low enforcement, agencies , poor police records, high unemployment inflation, non existence of social welfare services, depire of social values and moral standards.

Some of the foreign movies that is capable of inculcating the spirit of violent in children includes “11 days Night, “New Jack city”, scar face etc some of them displayed some acts, like rape ss in “11 days night, and “New Jack city where taking drugs like heroine cocaine are excessively dangerous.

In Nigeria movies, some of them may not be violent in nature but are capable of imbibing deviant or immoral behaviours on children. Some of these movies should be limited to only those featuring Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme.

They includes:- Charge and bail, Baby police, Two rat, Daddy must Obey, Tom and Jerry and the most famous one among them is AKI NA UKWA. This will be high lighted in the subsequent chapter.

 

• BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

In order to be able to appreciate the impact of indecent movies on the socialization of children, it is important o know the power of that “Home Companies” called Television. This is because movies or films cannot be viewed without the use of television.  Television is the most effective, spontaneous, electronic message carried of our time.  This bring the secen as it is happening or bring it as it is recorded .

Many Nigerian parents today, whether educated or not television has became a baby – sitter on some homes.

In analyzing the film viewing behavioural pattern of children are would be quick to notice that the vital channel to be used is television. Both positively or negatively influence, he deviant and violent tendencies in youths.

He ubiquity of films in television and rising profit of home- made videos is so wide that people particularly the children are easily at turned to it. In Enugu Urban for instance, the story is the same. Most children no longer pay attention to their books and other domestic chare due to watching of movies on the television sets after school and weekends.

The unfortunate issue these indecent movies shows in our television is that our cultural values are being inaded by foreign ones in all cloths we wear, the language we speak, even on our made of social life etc.  Most movies or films watched on television defic violent acts which the children tends to emulate.

• STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

Movies and we know transmit the cultural social orientation and life of a given society. This indicates that once our children watch movies they became more exposed to the entire culture and social sttling for which the films portroy . In a situation like this, the issue remains that these practices as the view them. This being the case, their moral, cultural and social background becomes subverted, psychological children emulate bad attitudes quietly.

The problem now is that so many children are fond of watch say blue films, war films, karate films and other films that exhibits deviant characters, and the result is that they choose to practice the violent acts after watching them. It is now becoming a thing of serious concern that si many children out of what they learnt from film shows grow up to become armed robbers, murderers, social devicants and what have you,

Another equally serious problem is that even though other variables can be controlled, there is still the fact that children attention is glued to film/ movies shows, once this  happens, tendency is that other activities to be performed by children suffer greatly as they are sacrificed for film viewing. The researcher investigated whether juvenite delinquencies can be attributed strictly to viewing televised violence.

 

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The Chief purpose of this study is to come up with an indepth examination of children attitude towards introduction of indecent movies which may be violent in nature.

Furthermore it will seek to highlight some poor attitudes by children arising from violent films shows. On completion, it is hope to establish how various programme on television/ films really influence. Children behavioural patterns and life style.

Above all, it is hope to examine how best some programmes (lilm) shown on the television that causes aggressive behavious or indecent effective the television is patterns of behaviour. Behavious to children could be shaped or modeled to meet the accepted social norms and how

Finally, it will measure in moulding the lives of youths in the society.

 

 

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study, “The impact of indecent movies on childhood socialization “is designed to explore the dangers of watching indecent movies such as violent films by children and evolving solutions to check the annoying behaviours of children engendered violent films exposure. It will be beneficial not only to the children alone but also youths, parents, educational authorities and government who have express concern over wild character traits from children in recent times. It may be meaningful to all of hem in that information contained in the study will enhance their rate.

There is also a growing need to examines the study with the amount constant attention especially now that the Nigeria society is hwading in  “Global Viltage Counting due to the pevasiventure of returnaional communications with broadcasting satellites in operation and international television services.

 

• RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Research  Questions  that will be posed to children (respondents) between the ages of 8-13 years includes some of the following.

• What is your age?
• What is your sex?
• Do you watch films?
• Have you watch the Nigerian movie titled Aki na Ukwa.
• Do you like the indecent behaviours by the two children.
• Do you think that films influence your bahaviour?
• Do your parents regulates your rate of watching films?
• Do your children like watching video television?
• Does exposure to such film bring about changes in the behaviour of your children?
• Would you encourage your children to watch indecent films?
• Does such exposure cause positive or negative change?

 

• RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS (Including the null hypothesis)

HI:       This will prove or disprove the problem under study.

The more children watch indecent movies he more it affects their mode of behaviour.

Ho:    The more children watch indecent movies is not attributed to the type of types of movies they watch.

H2      Indecent or violent behaviour by children is attributed to the type movies they watch.

Ho     Indecent or violent behaviour by children is not attributed to he type of movies they watch.

H3     Children naturally exhibit indecent or violent behaviour without being exposed to the movies.

Ho     Children naturally does not exhibit indecent or violet behaviour without being exposed to the movies.

 

• CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS:

Note that conceptual definition refers to the actual definition of term a as in a dictionary. While operational definition refers to definiting terms a sit suits the another or the way it should be in that content

This will only include such terms like impact, children, indecent, socialization, movies/film, Television violence, demography.

IMPACT:  According to (5)  Longman family Dictionary, a clear concises and modern guide to the English language. Impact is the strong impression or effect on something or the result or an outcome of an action.

CHILD /CHILDREN: According to  (6)  Oxford Advanced  Learners Dictionary of current English as by homby are young human being blow the age of puberty, young person especially between infancy and youth.

INDECENT:- According to (7)   Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary, of fourth edition, indecent is an offending against accepted standard of decency or morality in the area of behaviour , talk, gesture etc.

SOCIALIZATION: According (8)    Joy A. Ugwuanyi: in her book “The faily socialization is a process of learning the norms and values, attitudes, rates and language system of a given society by an individual.

MOVIES / FILM: This means making a motion picture of a scene or story etc. by means of electricity. Film operations can only be possible if television, video or camera is made use of

TELEVISION VIOLENCE: (9)   New comb (1979), define violence on television as an orert expression of physical force against self or another person, with the recent to compel action against cones will on pain of being hurt or killed, or actually hurting or killing.

DEMOGRAPHY: This is the statistical date of such things as age, sex, education level, income and background.

• ASSUMPTIONS

The indecent movies on film / television as an impact has profound two side effect for letter or better or for worse on children. But what have been of particular concern are the negative effect of the entertainment role of this movies.

The assumption is that such entertainment programmes are if a violent type which is indecent to children up bringing.  It is argued further that such violent acts on the television and movie screen causes aggressive behaviours in the views and lead them to commit violent ir indecent out. Bearing in mind that a great deal of learning either for letter or for worse, he specitre of the effect of modern on the young-stars hannts parents, education, and various child – spirited organization .

The natural propensity for parents educations and some organization to protect children from the lagards of media has mobilized force to question critically what children precisely earn when hey watch such movies as Aki na Ukwa, Tom and Jerry, 11 days 11 Night, New jack city ect.

Admittedly there is in Nigeria very little scholarly evidence to prove that the effects of viewing these televised violent acts are harmful to our children and the youths.

Te reason for the gap between what everyone sees and knows when no one has authoritative prove is probably due to the absence if an in depth studies of the effects, particularly in Nigeria. In any case, some communication experts in the country have recently started to play a lone voice on the subjects.

 

• LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

A  study of this kind should under normal examination or ideally take a notional or even international scope and outlook since the problem being investigated borders on children all over the world. Bu as a result of logistic the research will limit his study to the impact of the film “Aki na Ukwa” on the socialization of children in primary 4,5 & 6 of Enugu South Local Government whose age bracket full between 8-13.

The study will be constrained by time, so the research does not clim hat this study will be hundred percent reliable, taking cognizance of the above mention problem, however it expected that valid result would be obtained and this would ad to the body of existing knowledge in the area of TV/FILM children’s viewing and behaviour.

The research wishes that any replication of this study by scholars and media organizations should takes a more national

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