The Impact of Violent Television Programs Onundergraduate Students in Nigerian Universities (a Case Study of Unilag and University of Ibadan)

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Abstract of The Impact of Violent Television Programs Onundergraduate Students in Nigerian Universities (a Case Study of Unilag and University of Ibadan)

There have been global concerns among scholars on the impact of violent television programmes particularly on undergraduate students, who mostly entertain themselves with all sort audio-visual clips that frequently contain violent activities. Also, the viewing of violent programmes by undergraduate students in University of Lagos and University of Ibadan has been associated with negative characteristics among undergraduates like aggressiveness, violence, cultism, getting poorer grades, reading less books, placing higher value in play than being more creative.

The general objective of this study is to examine the impact of violent television programs on undergraduate students in Nigerian university. This project was founded on social learning theory and magic bullet theory as the theoretical background. Descriptive technique using quantitative analysis method was adopted and 100 undergraduate students were selected as respondents.

Findings revealed the social and psychological effects of violent television programs on undergraduate students in UNILAG and UI as been serious. It further shows the cognitive effects of violent television programs on undergraduate students in UNILAG and UI to be poor academic performance, cultism and exhibition of aggressive behaviour are the major consequences. And finally, wrestling, boxing, action films, and other violent cartoons are some of the contents of violent television programs aired in UNILAG and UI.

The study however concluded that violent television programmes has only impacted negatively on the undergraduates in UNILAG and UI. It therefore recommends that movie contents should be adequately regulated with a view of curbing and discouraging violence among undergraduates.