com+234-805-2422-918 Abstract This paper is an advocacys on the impacts of Nollywood movies as the two-edge sword for the national development. It contends that its establishment has helped greatly in developing talents, and serves as a medium of entertainment and communication. It also highlights various critics that praised the ability of Nollywood industry in the past, and expresses concern on the reverse focus on the negative themes and its negative impact on youth behaviour and the image of Nigeria. The
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portrayed and displayed in popular media has changed drastically. Values such as being family centered, a lack of profanity, modesty and community involvement are being substituted for sexual or violent immoralities. Even though the responsibility falls on the parent to monitor their teenagers or children’s media access. Television producers also share some responsibility along with parents to be more vigilant with the content being displayed and portrayed in poplar media. Such as limiting the amount
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How Social Media Negatively Affects Gender Stereotypes The stereotypes that are made today are that girls have been expected to act proper. They are told to do what they should do, and not say anything about it. Girls are constantly reminded by society that they should look, act, and present themselves in a certain manner. For boys, they are expected to be tough, to be strong, and to be a leader. But, why should we try and fit into society's norm? Social media does not help the problem of
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According to Karkov , " Todays youth are so caught up in their own self-centeredness." Post generations were brought up closer to their families through a longer time. (Sven) With different way of growing up there are different impacts that occur. Being around family values longer helped the older generation to have a better grip on the importance of others. While being taught to respect their selves, many of todays youth lost the importance of respecting others. These generations
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negatively impact society and social interactions The cell phone is a revolutionary technology gadget that has transformed how people communicate in the society. Cell phones have closed the gap of time and place to allow people to communicate at anytime from any place. Contemporary society has become more reliant on technology with the gadget of preference as the cell phone. Cell phones have created the perception of a more social society as people are more connected in modern society than they
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detriments; however, it also has a more positive impact on the society. In some of the situation, Internet has negative consequences when it comes to sociability. Therefore, this paper aims at informing the reader about both negative and positive impacts of technology on teenagers. Specifically, the research focuses on how teens use it to share information, raise their grievances, and how it helps them in their academic process. About negative impacts, it will be imperative to center the research on
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Head-Digital Marketing & Thought Leadership, Wipro Technologies Rahul Koul www.wipro.com Asia’s Digital Age The Role of Social Media in Business 07.....................................................................................................................About Wipro Technologies 07.....................................................................................................................About WCIR 07..................................................................
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Media plays an important role in our society as a useful platform to get the updated information all over the world (“Role of Media in Society,” 2011). Media has developed gradually from text in papers, to movie in television and finally, the Internet, which then created varieties of social media. Social media helps to connect people through online activities (Jones, 2009). This essay is to discuss the two advantages, and one disadvantage of social media to society. In the first place, the use
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perfect body. While society shames bigger women for their weight, degrading thoughts begin to take-over the minds of developing teens. Studies show that negative psychological thoughts of oneself often result in eating disorders among teenage girls in the United States; these degrading thoughts can come from clothing companies, the media, and society’s view on women. First, clothing companies can have a big impact on the view that
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after being used to having access to the world at a click of a button, but is every country equal in its access to communication and media? Do all countries have access to television? Media imperialism will be discussed, media imperialism is loosely defined as a theory that suggests that smaller countries are losing their identity and culture due to the dominance of media from larger nations. Today we're not only receiving the word almost immediately, but there are also possibilities for live pictures
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