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The core objective of this research was to examine the influence of violence movies on children and adolescent social behaviour. According to Gerbner, et. al. (1976) says heavy Tv viewers will cultivate the perception of reality portrayed by the television i.e Heavy viewing of violence movies among children and adolescent tend to arouse violence behaviour or attitude in children. The theory used include but not limited to the cultivation theory and aggressive cue theory, Survey research method was adopted in which 50 respondents majorly adolescents between age 10 – 20 were drawn using probability sampling technique. 50 copies of questionnaires were administered and 45 copies were retrieved upon which the analysis revolved. The data collected was analysed and interpreted using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage method) with tables. It was recommended that parents should as a matter of fact monitor the television viewing habits of their children and determine their watching hour and contents. |
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