Dearth of sound cultural values among students in tertiary institutions: The case of uncensored music and artistes

Abstract

Tertiary institution constitutes a conglomeration of peoples of
varying ethical backgrounds, a place where a high level of
independence is maintained between the teachers and the taught
or even among students themselves, a place where cultural values
suffer at the altar of modernism and imitation. At tertiary
institution level, students who are at their prime are faced with a
lot of challenges ranging from peer group’s exuberance to false
self-esteem. They go after popular role models at the detriment of
sound moral backgrounds. These challenges and up-comings are
either properly handled to harvest positive life style and
fulfilment or poorly handled leading to an unfulfilled devastating
life style in later years. This paper is a critical examination of the
impact of uncensored music and artistes in the propagation of
sound cultural values among students in tertiary institutions. The
information for the work centres on the song texts and erotic film
shows by some music artistes and producers who they see as
models. Anchoring on the theory of cultivation which propounds
that people easily yield to what they view, it was observed that the
deficiency in the propagation of sound cultural values in tertiary
institutions stems partly from individual student’s backgrounds,
peer-group’s influence and partly from imitating popular artistes
as role models.