TELEVISION IMPACT TOWARDS TEENAGERS: A CASE STUDY AMONG PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

Television is playing a huge impact to teenagers. According to the America Academy of Paediatrics, teenagers between 2 to 18 ages spends an average of three hours viewing time on television. Cultivation theory stated that, the more violence acts viewed, the more violence behaviour will be performed by the television viewers. This study will examine impacts of television among teenagers from private colleges and private universities in Malaysia. Through distribution of questionnaires among 110 respondents, data depicted that most of the respondents watch television for zero to two hours. In answering objective of this research, respondent’s information concluded that teenagers are getting many negative impacts from watching television compare to positive impacts. Selected teenagers for this study recommended that the perfect television viewing hours is zero to two hours.