Introduction The problem I am researching is the desensitizing of America’s youth through violence in the mass media‚ specifically television and video games. I am interested in studying it because as violence on television and the violent content contained in video games has increased‚ so has youth violence. I want to find if the increasing violence shown on television and video games has a desensitizing effect on America’s youth‚ thus‚ increasing the probability that they will commit an act of violence
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Discussion of findings CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDING‚ CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 5.1 Summary of findings 5.2 Conclusion 5.3 Recommendation References CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Monetary policy in Nigeria over the past three decades has intended to attain price and exchange rate stability. Despite the apparent continuity in this objective‚ Nigeria’s inflation experience since 1970 has been mix. The oil boom of the 1970s according to Olubusoye and Oyaromde
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Throes of Floods‚ in: The Guardian‚ Thursday‚ October 8‚ pp: 9. Durotoye‚ B.‚ 1999. Human Occupation of Hazard Areas in Nigeria‚ in: Oshuntokun‚ A. (ed.) Environmental Problems of Nigeria. Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Edward-Adebiyi‚ R.‚ 1997. The Story of Ogunpa‚ in: The Guardian‚ Saturday‚ May 17‚ pp: 5. Folorunsho‚ R. and L. Awosika‚ 2001. Flood Mitigation in Lagos‚ Nigeria Through Wise Management of Solid Waste: a case of Ikoyi and Victoria Islands; Nigerian‚ Paper presented at the UNESCO-CSI
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I. ABSTRACT The future of every nation lies in its youths. But the nature of such tomorrow depends on how well their energies are harnessed. The dream of many youths for Nigeria is that in which the youths are productive and active participants in the drive for a prosperous nation. For their dreams to be achieved‚ they must have opportunities to develop their potentials and talents. The world is experiencing a bulge in its youth population and as a result there has been a dearth of employment
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of the dictionaries define media as a conglomerate of different mass communication. Of those media‚ the most popular ones is Radio‚T.V‚ print journalism and web/internet . Advertising is another popular and very important medium. For purposes of the media‚ youth will be classified in age groups of 13 and 21. Media‚ in today’s world‚ have both positive and negative implications. As far as youth is concerned one thing should be kept in mind‚ that it depends upon the youth to reap the positive/negative
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OF MASS MEDIA ON YOUTH In the last 50 years‚ media influence has grown rapidly with an advance in technology. First there was the radio‚ then the newspapers‚ magazines‚ television and now the internet. Today‚ we all live in a media-dominated world. Media is a way for the members of the society to keep themselves informed about what is happening around them. It is also the major source of entertainment. By creating an image appealing to the youth‚ media controls the variety of material youth incorporate
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presents these parts of society as "organs" that work toward the proper functioning of the "body" as a whole. In the most basic terms‚ it simply emphasizes "the effort to impute‚ as rigorously as possible‚ to each feature‚ custom‚ or practice‚ its effect on the functioning of a supposedly stable‚ cohesive system". For Talcott Parson "structural-functionalism" came to describe a particular stage in the methodological development of Social Science‚ rather than a specific school of thought. The structural
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death of pop singer Michael Jackson (Christians). Is it not any reporter’s goal to truly enlighten its readers especially on such a controversial issue? Underlying this case is the principal of social justice that is often ignored. Is the news media at fault for not always providing “sufficient interpretations?” Or are they ethically sound only addressing little about the topic’s dynamic dimensions or even steering clear of complex conflicts altogether? In order to decide if news coverage in
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The effects of indiscipline among the youth are manifold. Indiscipline is defined as a lack of discipline. Some of the effects of indiscipline among the youth include lack of respect for teachers‚ parents and other senior figures. It could be argued that the indiscipline of certain individuals has reduced the morality and ethics of many young people. The effect of the downfall in morals and ethics are caused‚ in part‚ by the education of the young people‚ in that teachers are no longer responsible
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The media is one of the most influential role to play on society. All types of media have several varieties and ways to influence and impact the world and its society that contributes to the media. Newspapers‚ magazines‚ television‚ music‚ art‚ electronics‚ fashion‚ religion‚ sports‚ etc.‚ are all types of media that contribute to our culture and media in society. Culture describes us in unique expressions throughout certain media. It is defined as the symbols of expression that individuals‚ groups
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