TELEVISION TOBACCO ADVERTS AND TEENAGE SMOKING HABIT: ( A SURVEY OF YOUTHS IN OWERRI MUNICIPALITY

61 PAGES (7260 WORDS) Mass Communication Project
ABSTRACT
This study is a survey on Television Tobacco Adverts and its influence on Teenage Smoking habit.  It uses the Youths in Owerri Municipality in Imo State of Nigeria as its sample.
The study uses the questionnaire as a survey method for the collection of data from the sample and population.  The sample percentage model is adopted in vesting collected data.
The research reveals that Television Tobacco adverts reinforces the habit of youths towards tobacco.  It shows that a combination of TV, Interpersonal and Mass Communication, Influence group activities tremendously.

TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER PAGEI
TITLE PAGEII
APPROVAL PAGEIII
CERTIFICATIONIV
DEDICATIONV
ABSTRACTVI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTVII

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION1
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY4
1.2STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM5
1.3OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY6
1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY7
1.5RESEARCH QUESTION8
1.6RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS8
1.7CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL DEFINITION9
1.8ASSUMPTIONS10
1.9LIMITATION OF THE STUDY11
REFERENCES12

CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE13
2.1SOURCES OF LITERATURE13
2.2THE LITERATURE REVIEW13
2.3SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW20
REFERENCES

CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY27
3.1    RESEARCH METHOD27
3.2RESEARCH DESIGN28
3.3RESEARCH SAMPLE29
3.4MEASURING INSTRUMENT29
3.5DATA COLLECTION30
3.6DATA ANALYSIS32
3.7EXPECTED RESULTS32
REFERENCES33

CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS34
4.1RESULTS AND DISCUSSION43

CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION FURTHER STUDY
5.1SUMMARY47
5.2RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY48
BIBLIOGRAPHY50
APPENDIX53