NAME: NAOMI DAMA JAMES
ADM NO: 1296
INDEX NO: OO30249P/SWC/5/2024/002
TITLE: IMPACTS OF MEDIA AMONG YOUTHS IN MALANGA SUB-LOCATION, LANGOBAYA
LOCATION, SOKOKE WARD, GANZE SUB-COUNTY, KILIFI COUNTY IN KENYA.
ABSTRACT
The research is about the impacts of media among youths in Malanga Sub-Location,Langobaya
Location,Sokoke Ward,Ganze Sub-County,Kilifi County in [Link] study helps in understanding
the negative impacts of media among youths and the remedies on how to curb the impacts of media
among youths in Malanga [Link] Twenge an author described the study as how social
media affects the well being of youths,noting trends such as increased depression linked to heavy
social media [Link] research suggests that youths who spend more than five hours a day on media
are more likely to experience mental health issues. The objectives of this study firstly, was to
examine how media among youths has influenced cyberbullying, to investigate how media among
youths has affected body image issues, to access how media among youths has influenced sleep
deprivation, to find out how media has affected distraction among youths and lastly, to investigate
how media among youths has led to addiction. The research questions of this study were to
investigate how media among youths has affected cyberbullying, how does media among youths
influence body image issues, how does sleep deprivation among youths has been affected by media,
how does distraction among youths has been affected by media and lastly why media among youths
has influenced addiction. The research was conducted in Malanga Sub-Location in Kibaoni village
through the use of interview to the youths to investigate how media among youths has affected
body image issues. Questionnaire method was also used to question students in Mekatilili Memorial
Secondary School on how media has influenced cyberbullying among youths. Focus group discussion
was used to discuss with the teachers in Bahati Primary School to examine how media among youths
has influenced sleep deprivation. Chapter one consists background of the study, problem statement,
purpose of the study, the objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study,
limitation of the study, elimination of the study, operational of the study and summary. Chapter two
deals with literature review where there is introduction, overview of impacts of media among youth,
objectives of the study which include; cyberbullying, body image issues, sleep deprivation,
distraction and addiction. It also deals with theoretical framework, conceptual framework and
summary. Chapter three compromises of research methodology. Under this we found the
introduction, research design, target population and sampling, sampling procedure and data
collection methods. Chapter four comprises data analysis presentation and interpretation of the
study, return rate and impacts of media. Lastly, chapter five consists of summary of findings,
discussions, conclusions and recommendations.