THE INFLUENCE OF VIOLENCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS ON THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN IN PRIVATE NURSERY AND PRIMRY SCHOOLS JN OYO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract: The major focus of this study is to investigate the influence of violence television programs on the aggressive behaviour of children in Private Nursery and Primary schools in Oyo West Local Government area of Oyo State. The study assessed what kinds of programs that contains violence and how it affects the respondent and influence their lifestyle and behaviour particularly Nursery and Primary School children. The respond that formed the sample size were 100 in numbers randomly selected from five selected Private Nursery and Primary Schools understudy. The questionnaire was designed to measure the rate of influence of television violence as well as socio-emotional and academic adjustment of student understudy. This was done in order to determine the nature and the extent of the effect of TV violence on children in Private Nursery and Primary schools. In the findings of this study, it was found that children initiate violence they observed on TV and the effect of TV violence on them is profound. The following recommendations were made among others in the study as: that’ school administrators, government, parents, educational psychologists, teachers and even religious organization should organize symposiums, seminars and conferences for the students regularly to create awareness on the influence of violent films on our children; teachers should try to reduce the viewing time of the students by mapping out and giving them assignments regularly; 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; and programmes and producers of video films should produce special interest TV/Programmes for the children to cater for their special needs and interests, as it will help them to to develop their talents. Keywords: Violence television programs, Aggressive behavior, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, and Academic Adjustment. Title: THE INFLUENCE OF VIOLENCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS ON THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN IN PRIVATE NURSERY AND PRIMRY SCHOOLS JN OYO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OYO STATE, NIGERIA Author: ADEWOLE, Yetunde Adejoke International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning ISSN 2394-9686 Vol. 10, Issue 5, September 2023 - October 2023 Page No: 1-6 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 04-September-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8314902 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/THE%20INFLUENCE%20OF%20VIOLENCE%20TELEVISION-04092023-2.pdfInternational Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, ISSN 2394-9686, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals.co