The Role Of Media And Moral Developments Among Youths In Makindye Division

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The purpose of the study was to explore the impact media has on the moral development of the youth. The study was guided by three specific objectives and these included; to understand the term media, To elucidate the term moral development and To examine the impact of media on youth moral development. The study employed used a correlation study design that was quantitative and descriptive in nature. The study used interview guides in its data collection and a sample size of 100 respondents were employed. From the findings, it was revealed Findings from the table above showed, on the question about What different kinds of media do you use/4.0% of the respondents said the use news papaers, 16.0% of the respondents said raio,22.0% said internet. Further findings revealed that on the Time/week spent surfing the internet, 4.0 said 0-7 hrs,16% said 7-14 hrs22.0% said 12-14 hrs. on the Time/week spent listening to radio 42.0 said 0-7, 18% said 7-14 .However findings in Table 2 show that there is a no significant relationship between media and moral development among the youth (p.5O7>O.Ol at r -.096). This means whatever type of media used by the youth; it aloes not impact on their moral developmerft

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