THE INFLUENCE OF VIOLENT PROGRAMME ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF YOUTHS [A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ESUT) STUDENTS]

This research exercise is on “the influence of violent programme on social behaviour of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) students” The research objectives are; to ascertain the effect of televised violence on social adjustment of ESUT students, to examine the influence of televised-violence on emotional adjustment of ESUT students, to determine the effect of televised-violence on the academic performance of ESUT students and to ascertain the extent of violent television programme to increase of crime rate in ESUT campus. 

The research study adopted the cultivation theory as the theoretical framework for this study. The researcher made use of both primary and secondary means of data collection. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage method. The research work made some of the following findings; that there is significant effect of televised violence on social adjustment of ESUT students, the influence of televised violence on the academic and socio – emotional adjustment is significant, that there is influence of televised-violence on emotional adjustment of ESUT students, that violence television programme increase crime rate in ESUT campus and that students who are heavy viewers spend their study time on television viewing and thus perform badly academically. Television violence therefore has negative influence on the youths who are heavily exposed. 

It was recommended that; television programme producers should consider the use of quarreling (vulgar abuse and harmless physical contact) as a better way of expressing anger, or setting disputes in their television productions, the use of guns and live ammunition on television programmes should be discouraged by producers, regular enlightenment pogrammes and seminars should be organized by authorities of tertiary institutions to educate and enlighten these youths on the dangers f exposure to television violence, lecturers should try to reduce the viewing time of the students by mapping out and giving them assignments regularly and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) should set up guidelines that will limit the amount of television violence aired to the audience, which the youths constitute a great number.