Impact of TikTok Content on Teenagers' Lifestyle and Behaviours among Senior Secondary School Students in Ogun State
*1,3 &4Zabur Olayiwola Soluade, 2Taofeek Taiyeola Otubanjo, 3Sulaiman Adeyemo Babatunde, & 4Taiwo Olarinde Idowu
*1,3&4College of Social and Management Sciences, Department of Sociological Studies, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: Soluadeola@gmail.com; soluadezo@tasued.edu.ng1; adeyemobabatundes@gmail.com3; taiwogcfr@gmail.com4
2School of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies, Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu, Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria Email: Otubanjo1@yahoo.com
Abstract
The youth acceptance and addiction to TikTok application calls for the attention of stakeholders in the educator sectors. This study assesses the impact of TikTok content on teenagers’ lifestyle and behaviours among senior secondary school students in Ogun State. The study examines the extent of students’ usage of TikTok, analyze the types of video content mostly watched by the students on TikTok, identify levels of students’ addiction to TikTok and explore the impact of TikTok video contents on students’ behaviour. Survey research designed was adopted for the study, with population covering all SS1 SS3 urban students in Ijebu-Ode local government area of Ogun State. Three hundred and seventy-nine (379) students were selected using simple random sampling procedure. Data collection was conducted using a self-structured questionnaire named “TikTok and Teenagers Lifestyle Questionnaire” (TTLQ) which had a reliability coefficient of R = 0.86. The collected data were coded and analysed using descriptive statistics of simple percentages. The results indicated that students' levels of addiction to TikTok were found to be high and student exposure to videos on TikTok has effects on students' behaviour and lifestyle. It was recommended that the government should regulate social media and educators should upload mostly videos that will serve dual purposes of educating and entertaining on TikTok to encourage the curiosity of the students
Keywords
TikTok, TikTok content, teenagers, lifestyle, behaviours
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