Television And The Sexual Behaviour Of Teenagers: A Case Study Of Buwenge Sub County, Jinja District

ABSTRACT

This dissertation explores the impact of the medium of television on the sexual behavior of

teenagers in Buwenge town council, Jinja District. The study employed the use of survey

research designs were semi-structured questioned Were issued to the different respondents and

returned after a given period of time. Simple random sampling was used during the study where

individuals of the same size had equal chances of being sampled.

The study also engaged the use of interviews where the respondents were asked oral questions

and their thoughts recorded down on paper. The questions on the questionnaire were guided by

the research objectives and were designed solely to investigate the impact of television on the

sexual behavior of teenagers in Buwenge town council, Jinja District

The research findings revealed that the medium of television can be used in the promotion of

responsible sexual behaviors. They further showed that the teenagers are more captivated when it

comes to watching sex-related programmes than other programmes, and the majority of the

respondents agreed that the medium of television had a profound impact on the sexual behavior

of the teenagers living in Buwenge town council in Jinja District.

The findings that were obtained during this study were deemed to be of great importance to

policy makers or the government and other scholars who may want to undertake the same

research.

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