Abstract

The extent to which Christian students own mobile audio-visual devices; consider contents of the devices as confidential, and watch pornography on such devices is the concern of this study. The Uses and Gratification Theory frames this study. The survey research design is adopted, while 445 out of 5195 students at the Adekunle Ajasin University were sampled via Taro Yamene sampling formula. The purposive sampling technique is used to proportionately ensure that participants are Christians and members of a campus fellowship, while the non-purposive sampling is used to sample members of each campus fellowships. Results show that 91.4% of the Christian students own mobile audio-visual devices, while 42.8% watch pornography on such devices. However, Ho₁: X² of 34.3; at DF 1, P< 0.05 -meaning a significant number of the Christians who own mobile audio-visuals devices do not use the devices to view pornography. Ho₂: X² = 34.9; at DF 1, P< 0.05 -meaning a significant number of those who do consider mobile audio-visual devices as confidential are not using the devices to view pornography.

Keys Words: Mobile Devices, Audio-Visual Devices Christian Students, Pornography.

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*Dr. John Ayodele  Oyewole, Ph.D., is a Catholic Priest and a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

^JCMRJournal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, April 2016, 211 – 218