MASS MEDIA AND CHILDHOOD SOCIALIZATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, ENUGU). A RESEARCH PROJECT MATERIAL ON MASS COMMUNICATION
ABSTRACT
The study deals on children and mass media use: A study of the vote of mass media use in childhood socialization.
It throws light on one of the most remarkable features in human development. This feature is the transformation of the child from a low, helpless and defenseless infant to a self fending adult, by the process pf socialization.
The study has five chapters which combined to explain better the ideas and evens of socialization of children.
The first chapter laid foundation for other chapters that appeared in this study and gives a general overview of the study in a capsule form.
Chapter two deals on view some textbooks which served as empirical support the various issues raised in the study.
Chapter three deals on the research methodology population size, sample size research design, research instrument and method of data analysis.
In the study the sample size fo100 children from University primary school and Abegg primary school, both n Enugu state were chosen.
Sample random sampling system was used as the selection procedure. However, the research instrument was questionnaire, structured in easy and simples words and short sentences aid understanding.
Chapter four deals on the statistical test of all the five hypothesis for their statistical significance while chapter five only based on conclusion and possible suggestions for further research.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
In spite of the fact that the invention of the printing press and the introduction of the television did not come as parallel discoveries they have become a potent force in revalorizing men’s ideas and actions.
As the world require new vistas, it becomes more intricate. There is more being done and a consciousness of more to be done, more information needed and more information to be communicated. Modern industrial technology has made possible the reproduction of information on a massive scale. Therotary press the motion picture cameras and he television, all provide a basis for reaching vast audience.
In a more complex world of specialization takes and lessening distances, the ties between a man and his next door neighbour may be less important than those which bind in to fellows of his own profession, hobby or taste.
As the social bonds of traditional community, living have weakened the mass media have created a new set of common interests and loyalties. The broadcast and the print media collectively called the mass media had offered a new kind of shared experience in which millions can laugh at, feel the men thrill s and anxieties and respond to the same heaves.
Mass media operations are possible only where the produced symbols are meaningful.
In a world of standardized goods, it is to be expected that entertainment should be dispensed through impersonal commercial and play that prevail in more simple communities.
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