This paper begins with a review of the literature that addresses the broad concerns of youth and media, with particular focus on children and adolescents, then moves on to explain the purpose of this specific study, i.e., to determine the nature of Nigerian young people's access to/use of television and to the competing media of radio and…

This document begins by detailing the history of Nigerian television in the areas of politics and development, entertainment and culture, and information dissemination, news, and education from 1959 to the present. The use of television in Nigerian education at all levels, including elementary and secondary, higher, informal, and nonformal…

Describes study that was designed to measure the social and spatial television viewing behavior of selected families in Kwara State, Nigeria. Topics discussed include values attached to television viewing, and the social effects of television on educational planning, moral reformation, policy making, and the adoption of innovations in society.…