When Technology Becomes a Policing Agent: Effects of Raids on Restaurants in Leading Crime Shows on the Youth of Pakistan
Muhammad Awais, Farahat Ali · International Journal of Media and Information Literacy · 2022
Objectives: To explore the effects of raids on restaurants shown in crime/investigation shows of Pakistan on the behaviors of youth.Sample: Respondents were selected from University of the Punjab (PU) and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).Method: The methodology used by the study is survey and the questionnaire are of structured pattern and comprised of close ended questions endorsing both Nominal and Likert scales.This study has surveyed among 150 students who were living in hostels in their respective universities.Theoretical Framework: Cognitive Dissonance was the theoretical framework for the study which explains about the difference between the beliefs and actions.Findings: The results show that the raids on restaurants shown in different crime shows of Pakistan are disseminating information, but that information is not yielded into the behavioral change as expected from the information.Implication: These programs are widening the gap between action and thoughts of the youth.The epitome of the study is that unveiling restaurants in crime/investigations shows are creating awareness among the students about food items and their hygiene condition, but the awareness is not yielded into the behavioral change by the students.The study suggests that informing the youth is also necessary, but it is the need of the time to pay more attention towards cleanliness of the restaurants environment than just to inform the youth about not to go on those kinds of restaurants for eating.