The impact of television reality shows on the youth in Uganda:
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2019-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
The general objective of the study was to determine the effect of television realty
shows on the youth in Uganda and the specific objectives were to establish the various
television reality shows in Uganda, to assess the impact of television reality shows
among the youth and to determine the relationship between television reality shows
and the behavior of youth in Uganda.
From the findings of the study 85% of the respondents agreed that there are realty
shows at NTV, Uganda. It was also revealed by 84.6% of the respondents that there
are no youth realty empowerment programs. The findings of the study also revealed
that television realty shows improve the behavior of the youth by 80.2%.However it
was also discovered that that television realty shows do not contribute to the
academic performance of the youth and more so it was also revealed that television
realty shows affect the sexual behavior of the youth if not watched by the target age
group. Furthermore, the findings of the study revealed that 96% of the respondents
agreed that there is a positive relationship between television realty shows and
behavior of youth in Uganda. This means that the realty programs are watched by the
right viewers in terms of age, sex, marital status and many more, their behaviors are
likely to improve in different patterns.
The study recommended that the management should introduce realty youth
empowerment shows as the generally improve the determination of the youth since
84.6% of the respondents revealed that there are no youth realty empowerment
programs, the management should make sure that it informs the parents to guide
their children about the programs to watch, the management should introduce more
realty shows that can contribute to the academic performance of the youth and that
he government should sponsor more television realty shows as they improve the
behavior of the youth by 96%.
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a research report submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment for the award of a bachelor’s degree in mass communication of Kampala international university.
Keywords
television, youth in Uganda