fraudulent activities by the youth‚ and unlike the traditional criminal groups‚ both gender are functionally involved in it (Adeniran‚ 2008). The antics of the ‘yahoo yahoo boys’‚ also known as ‘yahoo yahoo millionaires’ has raised a new generation of lazy youths‚ who spend hours on the internet perfecting their game and literally killing their prey (Nkanga‚ 2008); cyber crime is becoming one of the fastest growing-internet (fraudulent?)businesses in Nigeria (Aghatise‚ 2006). Numerous crimes
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The topic of media violence having an influence on the attitudes and behavior of the youth has been a topic of debate for the past decade. Critics say that violence on television‚ movies‚ and video games‚ desensitizes children to the actual effects that violence has on society and themselves. The problem is that children tend to act on the behavior which is seen on the television shows they watch and video games that they play each day. They shoot someone on a video game and can’t distinguish that
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Media Influence on the Youth Media strongly affects youth culture. The media executives are quick to defend their role in youth violence and bullying while selling millions of dollars in adds focused on youth. TV producers‚ network executives‚ motion picture companies and others in the media deny any impact of their programs on the attitudes and actions of youth. Meanwhile they continue to spend millions on special
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YOUTH‚ CRIME‚ & THE MEDIA The media plays a major role in creating the distorted images of our youth that we the public perceive. Most of these images emphasize problems like crime‚ drug use‚ and teen pregnancy. The skewed coverage in today ’s media results in the belief that youth crime is on the rise. Today ’s portrayal of teens in the media employ the same stereotypes that were once only openly applied to unpopular racial and ethnic groups. Although violent crime by youth was at its lowest point
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researches have suggested about the various harmful effects gadgets have on human health. Electronic gadgets are now very essential to our society today. We need electronic gadgets to do business‚ to have some recreation and help us get through our daily lives. http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/105837-Harmful-effects-electronic-gadgets-human.aspx/ Statement of the Problem The study seeks to find the effects of electronic gadget into students‚ particularly in their studying habits. Specifically
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Assignment # 1 Is Mushroom Growth of Electronic Media Is End of Print Media Is Mushroom Growth of Electronic Media Is End Of Print Media The Difference between Print Media & Broadcast Media: Media refer to different channels that are used to transmit‚ store and deliver data or some information from one place to other‚ one person to other as well as to the masses. This term is also used as mass media. The need for media rose from the fact that by nature human being loves to communicate
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CHAPTER 1 The problem and its BACKGROUND Introduction “Lifestyles have changed considerably over the years. With the hurried lifestyles of today’s families‚ quick and nutritional meals have become typical‚ and adolescents are adopting these unhealthy eating habits. Consequently‚ these adolescents pose greater risk to all aspects of development‚ including cognitive development." Due to the demands of the rush-day-to-day living of individuals‚ it is now but natural for them to prefer foods offered
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The Media and Today’s Youth Today‚ there is no escape from the flamboyant displays of sex and violence on television‚ in the movies‚ and in commercial advertising. When watching the morning news‚ the television floods with reports of sexual assault and murder. When waiting in line at the grocery store‚ it is impossible to ignore the headlines accusing wives of cheating and husbands of abuse. When driving on the highway‚ it is difficult to concentrate on the road with audacious billboards with
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children to dress more provocatively‚ date at much younger ages and commit much more violent acts (i.e. Columbine HS in Columbine‚ CO). Why is that this is happening? I strongly agree with Professor Adu Gyamfi’s statement in Lesson Three‚ "electronic media is corrupting the minds of children in today’s society by exposing them to the same life experiences as adults" (Adu Gyamfi Lesson 3). Why are the parents not controlling what these children are watching on television better? When going out
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Youths today are growing up in an era that that no other generation had experience before. Due to the advanced development in technology and internet‚ youths have greater accessibility and exposure to media contents to the extent that it results in moral decaying. These media contents include traditional media such as newspaper‚ television‚ advertisements‚ movies‚ and music as well as new media such as internet‚ video games‚ CD-ROMS and DVDs. Therefore‚ violence‚ materialism and superficiality arises
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