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.
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.
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