VIOLENT FILMS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS OF STATE COLLEGE, IKOT EKPENE.

ABSTRACT The aim of this work was to examine the influence of violent films and social behavior among students in State College, Ikot Ekpene. The objectives were to ascertain if students of State College, Ikot Ekpene do watch violent film, to find out the extent to which the student of State College are exposed to violent films, to know if students of State College, Ikot Ekpene accept and practice behaviors acquired from viewing violent films and to examine the influence of violent film on the social behaviour of State College students. The study adopted the survey research design. Questionnaire was the method for data collection and 400 sample was drawn through a clustered sampling technique. Based on the analysis, it was found out that the Students in State College, Ikot Ekpene are exposed to Violent films and regular basis and they do accept and practice the action part such as the Shooting scene and the fighting seen they are exposed to through Violent films. It was also seen that film has influences on the Social Behaviour of Students in State College, Ikot Ekpene as many students see fighting as legal, speaks rudely as a result of the influence from Violent Film. Base on this findings, it was concluded that the exposure to violent film has led to social vies among the student of State College, Ikot Ekpene. The recommendation were that movie industry should moderate the amount of violent act portray in their film and that students should pay more attention to films which teaches moral behavior than immoral behavior.