The Effects of Western Technology on African Cultural Values

Abstract

Africa depends on western technology without developing their own indigenous knowledge. This dependency status has enormous challenges since some of these western technologies are not congenial with African environment. This study was designed to ascertain the Effects of Western technology on African cultural values. Postmodernism was employed as a theoretical model in analyzing the study. The findings showed that western technology exposed young people to adult issues, hideous violence, indecent dressing, immorality and build negative attitude that are contrary to African cultural values. It is recommended that Government should regulate the influx of western technology and promote the indigenous technology in order to protect African society from the adverse effects of the western technology.

The Frequency of Content With Elements of Negative Behaviour Published in the Pulse Magazine

“…It is argued that the surge in commercialization has led the print media to sensationalise stories that highly influence the minds of the masses (Abanyam, 2013). For instance, Uganga (2012), points out that the print media are always compelled to relaunch their publications over short period of times in a bid to make them more attractive to their audiences and to win back an audience that is increasingly looking elsewhere for information.…”

The Other Side of Social Networks: An Ubuntu Approach

“…Chiyadzwa and Dube argue that the technology is posing some threats to the morals of the society as some individuals are causing mayhem without shame on social media [1]. Scholars argue that technology has brought threats to the morals of the African society in different ways like promoting indecent dressing, drug abuse and pornography, assault, robbery and secret cult activities which suggest a careless life style which is in contrary to the values and norms of the African people [2][3]. In the same vein, Fortner believes that any new means of communication alters or shakes a culture [4].…”