Rajiv Gandhi university of health sciences Bangalore, Karnataka PERFORMA SYNOPSIS FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DISSERTATION. DISSERTATION PROPOSAL A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING ‘INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON VIOLENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED PU COLLEGES AT RURAL BANGALORE, KARNATAKA. SUBMITTED BY Mr. TIBY THANKACHAN 1ST YEAR MSc. NURSING STUDENT ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA -1- RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES BANGALORE, KARNATAKA PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATION Mr. TIBY THANKACHAN 1 NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS 1ST YEAR MSc. NURSING STUDENT ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA. 2 NAME OF THE INSTITUTION ROYAL COLLEGE OF COURSE OF THE STUDY MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, AND SUBJECT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING DATE OF ADMISSION TO COURSE 01/06/2011. TITLE OF THE STUDY A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING ‘INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON VIOLENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED PU COLLEGES AT RURAL BANGALORE, KARNATAKA. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING ‘INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON VIOLENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED PU COLLEGES AT RURAL BANGALORE, KARNATAKA NURSING, BANGALORE,KARNATAKA 3 4 5 5.1 -2- 6. BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED STUDY: INTRODUCTION “Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” John Kennedy Media plays a very imperative role in shaping our thoughts, beliefs, and behavior in society. It is a powerful entertainment and education tool for us in numerous ways; however, media can also have negative impact on children and adolescents. Do we ever stop to think “What is media teaching our children?” Our society is rampant with much evil and crime and to evade the fact that media does not play a role in fuelling aggressive behavior, particularly in the younger generation, would be an understatement. Nowadays children and adolescents are very much exposed to violence, sex, profanity and much more in media. To parents, over-exposure to violence in media is seen as a threat to their children’s behavior. Media is an influential entity when it comes to impressionable teenage minds. Media is an inseparable part of life for most of the teenagers. There are different types of mass media that are inherently a part of the routine life of teenagers for example television, computer, mobile phone or a music player. Considering the current influence of media, we need to agree on the fact that media plays an important role in shaping up opinions of teenagers. Media is a double-edged sword and hence there are positive effects of media as well as negative influences of media.1 During adolescence (age 12 to 17), the middle school to high school years, children become capable of high levels of abstract thought and reasoning, although they rarely use these abilities when watching television, continuing to invest little mental effort. They watch less television than they did when they were younger, and watch less -3- with their families. Their interests at this age tend to revolve around independence, sex and romance, and they develop a preference for music videos, horror movies, and (boys particularly) pornographic videos, which deal with these topics, although usually in negative ways.2 Adolescents in middle school and high school are much more likely than younger children to doubt the reality of television content and much less likely to identify with television characters. The small percentages of those who continue to believe in the reality of television and to identify with its violent heroes are the ones likely to be more aggressive, especially if they continue to fantasize about aggressive-heroic themes. Their superior abstract reasoning abilities and their tendency at this age to challenge conventional authority make adolescents particularly susceptible to imitating some kinds of television violence, crime and portrayals of suicide. However, these imitative acts affect only a small percentage of adolescents. Adolescents are much more likely than younger children to doubt the reality of television content and much less likely to identify with television characters. Those who continue to believe in the reality of television and to identify with its violent heroes are the ones likely to be more aggressive, especially if they continue to fantasize about aggressive-heroic themes. Although concerns about imitative violence most often focus on adolescents, with their lack of life experience and their belief in television's reality, it is actually copycat crimes or other acts of violence committed by adolescents that most often come to public attention. Programs adolescents are likely to copy are those that demonstrate, in detail, the method of committing a crime. With their superior abstract reasoning ability, adolescents are capable of imagining and planning a real-life reenactment, including detecting and correcting the gaps or flaws that may have caused the -4- television crime to fail. In addition, their newfound appreciation of the relativity of rightness and wrongness, along with their tendency to challenge conventional authority, probably makes this the only group of viewers with a significant tendency to admire the wrong ideas3. -5- 6. 1) N E E D FOR THE STUDY: "We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish." - F. A. Hayek (An economist and philosopher ) Youth violence is a growing problem worldwide. Research on adolescent violence in India is limited. In Chandigarh, selected high school students were investigated to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of witnesses, victims and perpetrators of violence and to see the impact of violence exposure on their psychosocial adjustments. Sixty nine percent of students had witnessed violence in real life and 28% were of serious nature. Media violence exposure was universal. The prevalence of victims and perpetrators was 27% and 13% respectively. Bullying was prevalent. Male sex was the most important predictive risk factor for witnessing and perpetrating violence. Victims were predominantly females. Those having exposure to violence had poorer school performance and adjustment17. Thus violence exposure is prevalent even in the lives of Indian adolescents and gender differences exist. Violence is a form of aggressive behaviour that has a debilitating effect on the optimal growth and development of our youth. Violence pervades the lives of a significant proportion of all adolescents in the world, but has a particularly devastating impact on males and minority youth. Adolescent are more likely to be victimizers and victims of violence and aggression. For all adolescents, exposure to violence at home, school, or in the community is associated with aggression later in life, the development of supportive attitudes toward aggression and violence, psychological distress, school absenteeism, academic dysfunction, and subsequent injury. Violence has historical, cultural, and societal roots in our world. Until and unless we begin to understand where violence fits on the continuum of aggressive behaviour and until we address the politics -6- of violence, we will remain conflicted and paralyzed by the dangers our youth face4. In modern days we are seeing so many news regarding youth violence and most of the violence are caused by because of media violence and its imitation .As a post graduate psychiatric nursing student researcher felt the need of assessment of media violence and its effect on adolescence. In vulnerable period in adolescence is age between 15- 17 years, so selected samples as PU college students. -7- 6.2) REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 1. Studies related to violence in media. 2 Studies related to adolescence violence. 3. Studies related to influence of mass media on violence in adolescences. 1. Studies related to violence in media. The study was conducted in Germany on ‘The frequency of exposure to media violence and eight additional risk factors were path-analyzed in a 2-year longitudinal study’. Researchers assed the exposure to media violence affected students' later violence and later violent delinquency more strongly than other risk factors. Direct effects were also caused by risk factors assessed in various times, which in turn were reinforced by the remaining risk factors on the second or third of analysis. The study result shows, playing violent electronic games is the strongest risk factor of violent criminality and both media-stimulated and real experiences of aggressive emotions associated with the motive of revenge are core risk factors of violence in school and violent criminality.5 The research was conducted in United States of America on ‘The effects of media violence’ . The researchers were collected data from general population and used meta-analyses. The study result shows that media-violence viewing consistently is associated with higher levels of antisocial behaviour, ranging from the trivial (imitative violence directed against toys) to the serious violence, with many consequential outcomes. Desensitization is another well-documented effect of viewing violence. During research researchers examined the uses and effects of movie ratings, television ratings, and the V-chip, and the effects of media literacy programs and public education efforts -8- The study recommends future research to explore important individual differences in responses to media violence and effective ways to intervene in the negative effects.6 The report by “UNESCO Global Study on Media Violence", conducted by World Organisation of the Scout Movement and Utrecht University. More than 5,000 children aged 12 years from 23 countries including India participated in the study. The objectives were to find out the role of media particularly T.V. in the life of children, and relationship between media violence and aggressive behaviour among children. Results revealed that 93% of the subjects had access to a TV set, the most powerful source of information and entertainment for school children. School children spent more than 50% time with TV than with any other out-of-school activity, including home work, being with family or friends, or reading.7 2 Studies related to adolescence violence. The study was conducted in Unites States of America on Role Model Behaviour and Youth Violence: A Study of Positive and Negative Effects .Researchers investigated how role models’ behaviour may positively or negatively influence African American early adolescents’ attitudes toward violence and violent behaviour. Participants in this study included 331 African American seventh and eighth graders from low-income neighbourhoods in an urban, Midwestern city. The study results revealed role model pro social behaviour is indirectly related to less violent behaviour through adolescents’ attitudes toward violence, role model antisocial behaviour is directly linked to increased violent behaviour and indirectly linked to increased violent behaviour through adolescents’ attitudes toward violence, and role model antisocial behaviour appear to have -9- a stronger effect on African American early adolescents’ violent behaviour than role model pro social behaviour. 8 The study was conducted in Canada on ‘Are there detrimental effects of witnessing school violence in early adolescence?’ with the objectives of testing the extent to which witnessing school violence predicts psychosocial and school adjustment in students while accounting for their prior psychosocial characteristics and peer victimization. Questionnaires were administered to 1104 students from five high schools from, Canada at the beginning, middle, and end of seventh grade. Self report measures included socio demographic characteristics, victimization, witnessing violence, feelings of insecurity, internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems, and measures of engagement, achievement, and truancy as indicators of school adjustment. The result shows there was a positive relation between witnessing violence an school violence in early adolescence. The researcher recommends further large group studies on violence.9 The study was conducted in USA on Threats of School Violence in Pennsylvania after Media Coverage of the Columbine High School Massacre Examining the Role of Imitation. The objectives of the study are to establish that the clustering of threats of school violence following the Columbine massacre was initiated by imitation. The study design was database of threats of school violence reported to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Harrisburg, during the 50 days following the Columbine incident was examined to determine the daily frequency of threats. The study results Pennsylvania school districts reported 354 threats of school violence during the 50 days after the Columbine massacre. The frequency of these threats over time demonstrated a crescendo-decrescendo pattern. Fifty-six percent of the threats were made - 10 - on or before day 10 after the incident, and more than one third occurred on days 8, 9, and 10.10 The study was conducted in USA on The Relationship between Children's Threats of Violence and Violent Behaviours. The objectives of the study were examining the relationship between students' threats of interpersonal violence and self- reported violent behaviours. Anonymous self-report questionnaires were administered to students in grades 3 through 12 in schools located in Colorado, Arizona, and Ohio. A survey of 9487 students from 33 public schools was performed. Ages ranged from 7 to 19 years. The study results, Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that threatening others infrequently or frequently was significantly associated with violent behaviours. Students who infrequently threatened were about 3 to 4 times more likely to report exhibiting each of the violent behaviours than students who did not threaten others. The relationship between frequently threatening others Findings suggest that students' threats of harm toward others should be taken seriously, and that policies and procedures should be developed to ensure that children who threaten others receive proper assessment and management, and violent behaviours was especially and highest for the most severe forms of violence.11 The study was conducted in Chandigarh, India on ‘Adolescent Violence Exposure, Gender Issues and Impact’. Researchers were taken 1500 high school students were investigated to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of witnesses, victims and perpetrators of violence and to see the impact of violence exposure on their psychosocial adjustments. Result shows 69% of students had witnessed violence in real life and 28% were of serious nature. The prevalence of victims and perpetrators was 27% and 13% respectively. Male sex was the most important predictive risk factor for - 11 - witnessing and perpetrating violence .Victims were predominantly females. Those having exposure to violence had poorer school performance and adjustment scores (P< 0.05). Thus violence exposure is prevalent even in the lives of Indian adolescents and gender differences exist. Its impact on their psychosocial adjustments is detrimental. Early identification and corrective interventions of these adolescents is vital.12 3. Studies related to influence of mass media on violence in adolescences. The study was conducted in Germany on the relations between adolescents’ habitual usage of media violence and their tendency to engage in aggressive and prosocial behaviour in a school setting. Researchers were examined in a crosssectional study of 1688 7th and 8th grade students in Germany who completed measures of violent media exposure and normative acceptance of aggression. For each participant, ratings of prosocial and aggressive behaviour were obtained from their class teacher. The study result shows a confirmed a direct positive link from media violence usage to teacher-rated aggression for girls and boys, but no direct negative link to prosocial behaviour was found, the study confirms the effect of media and its effect on violence among children .13 The report in Atlanta on ‘Electronic Media Violence, and Adolescents: An Emerging Public Health Problem’ has been published in Journal of Adolescent Health describing about the risk of adolescents to become victims of aggression perpetrated by peers with new technology. In September 2006, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention convened a panel of experts in technology and youth aggression to examine this specific risk. Journal of Adolescent Health presents the data and recommendations for future directions. The articles in the Journal support the argument that electronic aggression is an emerging public health problem in need of additional prevalence and - 12 - etiological research to support the development and evaluation of effective prevention programs.14 The study was conducted in UK on ‘How Children Interpret Screen Violence’ by Joint Research Programme Broadcasting Standards Commission and Independent Television Commission, This study focused on children aged 9 - 13, as this was the age group where parents were least confident about appropriate TV consumption. These children, aged 9 - 13, were able to distinguish between fictional and real violence. Children see a variety of violent images either through film or television, and build a library of such images over time. Their reactions to such images are influenced by their age, gender, maturity and personal circumstances. . Responses showed that children have a consistent world view which is different from that of adults, and violent images are seen within perspectives.15 The study was conducted in Delhi, India on Adolescence perception on television and violence with an objective to understand the perceptions of violence among adolescents. The sample consisted of 40 children in the age group of 11-13 years and 1517 years, divided into two groups of 10 boys and 10 girls each. Formal interviews were conducted with the help of questionnaires and picture presentation. The study revealed that violence was seen as a negative term and was unanimously condemned by the respondents. Younger children were unable to distinguish between violence and aggression. Self-defence was not seen as a form of violence by any of the respondents. Violence was generally associated with the male sex and this was seen across all ages and both genders. Media, especially television, was seen to have massive impact on children’s perceptions of violence, being the main source of information. The study recommends the further large group studies on adolescence violence and media violence.16 - 13 - 6.3) STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM “A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING ‘INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON VIOLENCE ON KNOWLEDGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED PU COLLEGES AT RURAL BANGALORE, KARNATAKA.” 6.4) OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ARE: 1 To assess the knowledge of adolescents regarding influence of mass media on violence by pre test. 2 To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding influence of mass media on violence among adolescents by comparing pre and post test knowledge scores of adolescents. 3 To find out the association between knowledge scores adolescents knowledge regarding influence of media on violence by comparing the pre test and post test knowledge scores with their selected demographic variables. 6.5) OPERATIONAL DEFINITION 1. ASSESS: - It refers to determine the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on influence of mass media on violence among adolescent students. 2. EFFECTIVENESS: - It refers to significant increase in the level of knowledge of under P U college students regarding media violence, which is measured from the response of pre test, planned teaching program and post test. 3. PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME: - It refers to systematically planned teaching programme designed to provide information regarding influence of mass media on violence among adolescents. 4. MASS MEDIA: - It refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. - 14 - 5. KNOWLEDGE:- It refers collectively to all facts and information regarding the knowledge regarding media violence among adolescents 6. ADOLESCENT: - it refers to the students between the age group of 15 to 19years. 7. MEDIA VIOLENCE: - media violence as visual portrayals of acts of physical aggression by one human against another. 8. PU COLLEGE: - It refers to an institution of higher education after the successful completion of SSLC. 9. RURAL: - It refers the place where people live with minimum living standards and far from the town and cities. 6.6) HYPOTHESIS H1: There will be a statistically significant difference among the pre and post test knowledge scores of adolescents regarding influence of mass media on violence. H2: There will be a statistically significant association between the knowledge score of adolescents with their selected demographic variables. 6.7) ASSUMPTION This study assumed that: 1. The knowledge of adolescents can be measured by self administered questionnaires regarding media and influence on violence among adolescents in rural Bangalore 2. There may be a significant knowledge deficit regarding media and influence on violence among adolescents in rural Bangalore. 3. The planned teaching programme may improve the knowledge of rural adolescents regarding the media influence and violence. 6.8) PILOT STUDY: The pilot study is planned with 12 samples - 15 - 6.9) VARIABLES: STUDY VARIABLES:Independent variable: - Planned teaching programme on regarding influence of mass media on violence among adolescents. Dependent variable: - Knowledge of adolescent students regarding of mass media on violence 7. MATERIAL AND METHODS OF STUDY 7.1)SOURCE OF DATA -; Data will be collected from adolescent of the selected rural PU colleges. 7.2)METHODS OF COLLECTING DATA-: 7, 2.1Research design: -The research design used is pre experimental one group pretest post test design. SCHEMATIC PLAN OF THE STUDY 80 Pre test adolescents R O1 Intervention X KEY WORDS 01- Pre test 02- Post test - 16 - Post test O2 X- Planned Teaching Programme. (Intervention) R- Rural adolescent students studying in PU colleges of Rural Bangalore. 7,2.2) Research setting: - The study will be conducted in the selected rural Pre University Colleges of Rural Bangalore. 7,2,3) Population: - All the adolescent students studying in selected rural PU colleges of Rural Bangalore. 7,2.4) Sample Technique: Non Probability sampling Convenience sampling method will be used 7,2.5) Sample :- The adolescents who all are In the age group of 15- 19 years and they are studying in selected rural PU colleges of rural Bangalore. Sample Size: - All the adolescent students fulfill the inclusive criteria are the samples. Sample comprised 80 adolescent students from selected PU colleges of Rural Bangalore. 7) Collection of Data: - Collection of data is done by using self-administered questionnaires. 7,2.6) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF SAMPLE INCLUSION CRITERIA 1. PU College adolescents who are in the age group of 15- 19 years. 2. PU College adolescents who all are willing to participate in the study. 3. PU college adolescent who are present at the time of data collection 3. The adolescent students studying in rural PU colleges of Rural Bangalore. EXCLUSION CRITERIA 1. PU College adolescents who are selected for pilot study. - 17 - 2. The adolescent students who are below 15 years or above 19 years. 3. The adolescent students who are physically handicapped. 7,2.7) TOOL FOR DATA COLLECTION. Section A – Socio demographic data. Section B – Structured questionnaire . 7,2.8) METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION. Data will be collected using Structured questionnaire to assess knowledge 7,2.9) PLAN FOR DATA ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics: -The descriptive statistical analysis includes frequencies, percentages, means, and Standard deviation for the adolescent’s knowledge regarding the influence of mass media on violence. 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