Foreign Cultures and Lifestyle Modifications of Nigerian Youths
CHAPTER ONE
Objectives of the Study
The following are the objectives of this study:
- To determine if Nigerian youths are exposed to Foreign culture.
- To ascertain the frequency to which Nigerian youths are exposed to Foreign culture.
- To ascertain the aspect of student’s Lifestyle Modifications that is most influenced by Foreign culture.
- To determine the genre of Foreign culture that influences s student’s Lifestyle Modifications.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter which is the review of related literature, the conceptual framework which will be carried out because there are some fundamental and technical concepts that demand for clarifications in the way they are being used in the study. The theoretical framework will show the theories and models in line with the study, the empirical literature will contain a review of related studies related to the concept under study and the critique of literature will establish the gap and the limitations of the previous studies.
Conceptual Framework
The Concept of Film
Film is a powerful instrument that can build or destroy people’s culture due to its conversational nature. It also plays a role in the daily lives of men and women in the way they perceive issues and conduct their own lives (Aldana, 2004). A lot of research, especially in developed countries, suggests that visual media e.g Television/Film influence a range of attitudes and Lifestyle Modifications among youths. Huesmann and Taylor (2003) are of the view that television/film have authority over young people’s decision. They assert that youth just accept what the television /film tells them without question. Keyes (2000) raised fears about the negative influence that films have on youth culture that “Students are particularly vulnerable to outside influence from their films sets because their values and ideals have not yet fully developed”. Thus, they are prone to alteration by any slightest means. Chari (2005) adds that their world is erected by the stories they hear, see and tell. TV/Film, as a medium, has influence on the dressing of students. Films play a significant role in this process which gives credence to the fact that who should determine what should shape people’s perception and how this is done in any society is an issue of significance. Therefore, film, in terms of fashion, has influenced the students to believe in a particular way of dressing. The kind of clothes used in acting, music performance and advertisement are presented to the society as the best dressing to make one look good. According to Dominick (2005) “throughout history, films have been collectors, producers and distributors of social knowledge”. He emphasized this notion by explaining that “the three defining features of films are that first, they attract the most specialized group of audience, and second, films are the most in tune with demographic, economic and social trends. Finally, films can influence social trends”.
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
Introduction
This chapter deals with the total constructional plan of research and the process of data collection that will assist in achieving the desired objectives of the study. It contains research design, area of the study, sources of data, population of the study, sample size determination, description of the research instruments, and validity of the research instruments, reliability of the research instrument and method of data analysis.
Research Design
The study adopted the survey research method, which is a appropriate in attitudinal studies as this. This method, as Okoro (2001) notes, selects and studies samples drawn from the population to discover the relative incidence, distribution and inter-relations of sociological and psychological variables. Since this study is an audience research necessitating opinions, attitudes, motivations and individualistic consideration, the survey method was considered most appropriate for the work
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 constitute of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.
This study was carried out to examine foreign cultures and lifestyle modifications of Nigerian youths. Government Secondary School, Borokiri, Port Harcourt form the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
Introduction
In the course of the study, questionnaires were distributed to various respondents because it’s a survey data. In this chapter, the collected information/data will be analyzed with various statistical tools. It will be made up of the following sections; response rate analysis, tables, and frequencies/percentages and discussion of results. In this study, 339 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents and 330 were returned. Thus in all, 330 questionnaire was used for the analysis.
The study specified the following research questions:
- Are Nigerian youths exposed to foreign culture?
- What is the frequency to which Nigerian youths are exposed to foreign culture?
- Which aspect of student’s Lifestyle Modifications is most influenced by foreign culture?
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Introduction
The essence of this study is to carry out an empirical analysis of the influence of foreign culture on the Lifestyle Modifications and behavioral disposition of s of Government Secondary School, Borokiri students. Data for the research was collected through the distribution of questions hence, the survey method was adopted. In the course of the study, the data was analyzed using the frequency tables and percentages. The population size was the students in the secondary school with a sample size of three hundred and thirty nine (339). The analysis was carried out with table, frequency and percentages. This was done to estimate the demographic characteristics of the respondents and to evaluate the given research questions.
Summary of Findings
Having carried out the study, the following findings were extracted:
- The Nigerian youths in Government Secondary School, Borokiri are exposed to foreign culture.
- Nigerian youths in Government Secondary School, Borokiri on the average are significantly exposed to foreign culture.
- The dressing and speaking style of majority of students Lifestyle Modifications are most influenced by foreign culture.
Recommendations
- Courses on film production should be introduced as general course in our institutions to enable our youths realize that, what they see in films are most times mere imaginations of the directors and films producers and they are far from being real.
- Universities and other tertiary institutions should take the issue of dress code seriously by penalizing students who are found wanting.
- While selecting films to watch especially those produced in Hollywood, students should be discerning enough to choose one that teaches good morals, films that center on the importance of one losing one’s virginity or robbing a bank is highly detrimental to the mores and general lifestyle of students, therefore every student should avoid such films.
- The school authority should invite/provide guidance counselors to visit their schools periodically and address the students. Alternatively, seminars/ workshops could be organized for teachers periodically on ways to counsel and handle students. These counselors should be able to inspire adolescents away from excessive viewing of foreign culture by using biographics of appropriate role models in society who were able to move to greatness because they de-emphasized excessive foreign movie viewing as adolescents.
Conclusion of the Study
This study has been able to analyze the influence of foreign culture on the Lifestyle Modificationsal disposition of s of Government Secondary School, Borokiri students. Based on the findings of the research, one can conclude that foreign culture has to a great extent influenced the way Nigerian youths behave. This is reflected in both the speaking and dressing patterns.
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