Attitude Towards the Impact of Satellite TV Channels on Peoples of Bangladesh

Abstract

Satellite TV has a great influence on the social and cultural changes of our mass people. It is essential to know people's attitudes towards whether these changes are playing a beneficial role in the society or not. The purpose of the present study was to investigate society member’s attitude towards the impact of satellite TV on our society. A total of 200 respondents (100 male and 100 female) were selected conveniently as study participants. Necessary data were collected by using a semi-structured interview method developed by the authors addressing different issues. The data were analyzed by using percentages and Chi- squares test. Most of the respondents (42.5%) mentioned watching TV as preference for having entertainment. The result of - test indicates that females (56%) preferred to watch TV more than males (29%). Most of the respondents mentioned they watch TV for 1- < 2 hours daily (37%), prefer educational programs as their favorite program (48.5%), TV is responsible for the intrusion of foreign culture in our society (75.5%), some children of our society pronounce foreign language such as Hindi words at the time of speaking (93%), TV is responsible for children’s behavioral problem (58.5%), watching TV for a long time hampers their sleep (87%), TV programs are responsible for moral decadence in society (78%). They also mentioned aggressive behavior (49.4%), juvenile delinquency (21.9%), anti-social behavior (18.5%) etc. as the behavioral problems of children due to the negative impact of TV. They have mentioned some essential issues that need to be changed in TV programs such as, obscene (26.5%), criminal tendency (24.0%), Hindi serial (24.0%), foreign culture (18.5%), violent behavior (18.5%) etc. The study may contribute to improve the consciousness of our society members to receive appropriate and necessary information from satellite TV.

  The Chittagong Univ. J. B. Sci. Vol. 11 (1 & 2): 1-11, 2023