Video in the lives of Nigerian children

The purpose of this study is to examine the social and cultural implications of the new culture of video watching in the lives of Lagos children (those below 16 years) against the background of Gerbner's cultivation hypothesis. The new media that have assumed positions of importance In Lagos are home video (hence the present interest in it), computers, facsimile and satellite dish. An analysis of some of the favourite video films in vogue shows that they are foreign, mostly American, popular entertainment two-hour films with little to offer for the proper development of the Nigerian child. The writer argues that this does not augur well for the preservation of Nigerian culture.