The study investigated the impacts of electronic media on youth moral behaviour of higher institutions in Ekiti State. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between electronic media and youth moral behaviour, relationship between electronic media and youth sexual behaviour, difference between electronic media and moral behaviour on gender bases and the types of electronic media accessed by youths in Ekiti State. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive design of the survey type.  The sample consisted of 250 youths of public higher institutions in Ekiti State. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire designed by the researchers. The face and content validity was ascertained through experts in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, Tests, Measurement and Evaluation, while test-retest method was used to ensure the reliability of the instrument which yielded reliability coefficient of 0.60. The data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.

            The findings of the study showed that there is a relationship between electronic media and youth moral behaviour. It also showed that there is no relationship between electronic media and sexual behaviour of youths.

            It was therefore recommended that government should encourage the media to promote presentations of moral behaviour through educational programs, essential life skills and  programs, this will reduce dangers of drug abuse, premarital sex and aggressive behaviours and promote youths’ good conduct. Parents, Teachers, School administrators, Educational Psychologists and Guidance Counsellors need to guide the youths on the types of electronic media that influence youth’s moral behaviour and again establish good guidelines on how these electronic media should be used by youths in the society.

KEYWORDS: Electronic media, youths, moral behaviour, social media, behaviour, internet, cell phone.