Children and adolescents tend to cultivate bahaviour they watch on television because of it potential and audio-visual power and as a result of this, our culture, moral, values and norms are continually eroding due to our constant exposure to films and television programmes usually of foreign contents, this brings about cultural imperialism.
The research investigate the effect of foreign films( drama, soap opera, tv programme) on teenagers’ moral conduct” using Kidvac College, Iree Osun State as a case study. Findings show that foreign films exposed students to alcoholic substances, it also expose them to illicit sex and indecent dressing etc. Survey of 100 children were examined, who were drawn through purposive sampling method. It is recommended that film industries and broadcast houses should promote cultural values of Nigeria society rather than showcasing western culture on our generations.
1.1 Introduction
In this section, Effect of Foreign Films on Teenagers' Moral Conduct is discussed, with relevant and recent citations. As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the aim and objectives of the study. Others are significance of the study, scope of work, research hypothesis and questions, limitation of the study and definition of terms.