INFLUENCE OF VIOLENT TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ON CHILDREN’S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR: A STUDY OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Ndidi Christiana Ibenyenwa, Chika Euphemia Asogwa

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This paper aims to study the influence of violent television programmes on children’s aggressive behaviour in junior secondary schools in Oye-Ekiti. It is anchored on cultivation theory and social learning theory, and adopts the survey research design. A sum population of 1064 students was drawn from the junior classes of the five secondary schools in Oye-Ekiti. The stratified random sampling method was employed to generate responses from 152 respondents derived using Taro Yamani’s formula for sample determination. Using descriptive analytical tools of frequency and percentage tables, the searchers found that the respondents frequently watched television; they preferred foreign ‘action’ movies to other programmes and 74% believed that violent television programmes had some effects on the aggressive behaviour of those exposed to them. The researchers recommended, among other things, adequate parental guidance in children’s viewing choices.


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Influence; children; violence; aggressive behaviour; television; media; Oye-Ekiti;

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