The Role Teenagers Play in the Westernization of Nigeria
Chapter One
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The aim of this study is to highlight and understand the role of youths in the westernization of Nigeria, more specially the objectives of this study include to;
- Find out and assess the impact of western civilization on the Yoruba culture.
- Assess the extent of impact of those media contents on the country’s youths especially in relation to what they wear.
- Find out if there are factors responsible for this influence.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Introduction
Gale and Fahay (2005) concluded a study focusing on how the young generation is changing through time and generation. The change is taking place over various generations basically in South and East African countries. They studied on various group of young peoples in these countries. They have focused on various issues regarding aspects of young generation mainly such as culture, habit, behaviour, norms, values, thinking, psychology etc. They tried to find out the change of their culture and psychology through the impact of various external and internal cultures. They said that, there are various effects of external cultures on young peoples of these countries. They observed that the impact of western culture on these young people and explained the effects in some negative and positive way both. They also discussed many issues such as, Youth in Africa: An overview, cultures and societies in transition: The challenges of growing up in a globalized world, Global cultural change and young people’s wellbeing, Globalization and an epidemic: The consequences of HIV/AIDS for young people, A demographic view of changing youth in Asia, Generational change and cyber politics in Africa and so on. But they focused a whole chapter on the impacts of external cultures on young people.
Gomes and Rahman (2010) discussed in a report that there is various positive and negative effects on our society by western culture. They structured a report on effects of western culture on our society that means Kenyan society. They also focused on the issue of young generation which is affected by western culture very much. They said in their study, now a day’s the production and consumption of cultural goods and services has become commodities, along with the essentials of social life (marriage and family life, religion work and leisure). What once was an element of the way of life becomes a product, rather than something unique men had made to suit their own needs and circumstances. In urban Kenya, technology of multi- channels TV began in 1991 and hence satellite broadcasting has been delivering ‘lots of channels to viewers’. Cultural domination by electronic media within the society thus has eventually become a major concern of sociological inquiry. Their study is one of such effort to look at how the urban people, mostly youth has accepted and responded to their access to Western culture. They mainly emphasized on how the western culture is playing negative roles on Kenyan society and young generation.
Lamare (2009) elaborated in his article about cultural globalization. He also find out the way of globalization of culture of western countries specially USA which is affecting the African countries heavily. He focused on changing pattern of cultures and adopting the western culture in various African countries. He mainly pointed out the positive roles of western culture among African countries and their societies. According to his article, while it can be true, to some extent, that the American economic and cultural attraction has won over the hearts and minds of the majorities of the young people of the western world, it cannot be said with the same certainly that it is the case in the other parts of the world. We have to consider that today millions of Africans live in absolute poverty, that fundamentalism and extremism are on the rise, that most the African countries are still entrenched in their traditional culture, that most of the islands of the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and the Pacific still have strong feeling about their heritage. While millions are leading a hand to mouth existence, it is hard to conceive how they can aspire to converge to a global culture while living in a different reality. The rise of the popular culture is having more impact in Western countries where paradoxically, more debates and questions are raised mainly by academics.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
According to Udoyen (2019), a study population is a group of elements or individuals as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitutes of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.
This study was carried to examine the role teenagers play in the werstenization of Nigeria. National Broadcasting Commission, Abuja form the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of eighty (80) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only seventy-seven (77) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 77 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain sthe role teenagers play in the werstenization of Nigeria.. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing athe role teenagers play in the werstenization of Nigeria.
Summary
This study was on the role teenagers play in the werstenization of Nigeria. National Broadcasting Commission, Abuja . Three objectives were raised which included: Find out and assess the impact of western civilization on the Yoruba culture, Assess the extent of impact of those media contents on the country’s youths especially in relation to what they wear and Find out if there are factors responsible for this influence. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were drawn from National Broadcasting Commission, Abuja. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square statistical tool (SPSS).
Conclusion
The existing types of negative behavior among teenage due to werstern life are, poor manners, smoking cigarettes, and pornography. Some various approaches are taken to overcome negative behavior, such as organizational assistance and guidance toward students, cooperation with parents/caregiver, and supporting school environment.
Recommendation
It is required a special organization to handle cooperation between the school and parents resulting good communication and mutual support between the both sides. In addition, it is also needed an organization that embodies the aspirations of adolescent problems and handling the problems from their own fellows. It aims to provide the intervention of the peers, not only to support the school and parents but also to give more solutions for the adolescent who are not close to their parents or difficult to open up toward the teachers in the school. It should be done in cooperation with other agencies that handle the same field, such as National Population and Family Planning (BKKBN), public health offices or community health centers.
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