... and even pre teenagers are the largest segment of the music consuming audience. Although some parents whose musical tastes are more reserved might find rock music aesthetically offensive, the lyrics often reflect the frustrations and uncertainties of adolescence and strike a responsive chord in impressionable teenagers (Bayles 34). Music is a powerful communication medium for adolescents, who often ... associate the music with such emotions as excitement, happiness, and love. However, when the musical lyrics and music videos contain obscenities, indecencies, and glorifications of certain...

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... Studies show that the average child has witnessed 8,000 murders on television before finishing elementary school. Some of the examples of that violence to children are: video games, music lyrics and videos, and television. Most studies currently indicate that video games have been a new and strong motivation for aggressiveness, especially for younger children. A study reports that almost ... way to induce violence between people. During the past four decades, rock music has become increasingly explicit--particularly 2 with reference to sex, drugs, and violence. In some cases, lyrics tran...

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... to the physical nature in which children carry out the violence "never resulted in them bringing their father's shotgun to the local schoolhouse and killing their fellow classmates. Violent lyrics, most commonly associated with the music industry, have also been the focus of debate concerning youth violence. The high school shooting in Littleton, Colorado has brought attention to the matter ... listened to Rammstein and KMFDM, both industrial-metal groups formed in Germany and Paris respectively. Republican of Illinois, Henry Hyde, holds the idea that there may be a relationship linking...

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... preference for music is of a destructive theme this may lead to alienation, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and other risk behaviors. Heavy metal and Rap music has been especially targeted. Lyrics have become increasingly explicit and encourage violent acts, especially toward women. Guns, rape, and murder are glorified in much of this type of music. An analysis of music videos on ... protagonists against a disproportionate number of women and blacks" (AAP, 2001, p.1223). The most popular CD of 2000 that swept sales and awards featured songs about rape and murder with graphic lyrics ...

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... shows too, that "cries of protest, even when accompanied by rigorous data, have had little influence on the media industry in the past (Palmer 177). A public boycott of violent programming, lyrics, and movies, apparently, is the only way to make the "production staffs accept media violence first and foremost as potentially damaging, rather than regarding it principally as potential entertainment- (Belson ... ...

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... shows too, that "cries of protest, even when accompanied by rigorous data, have had little influence on the media industry in the past (Palmer 177). A public boycott of violent programming, lyrics, and movies, apparently, is the only way to make the "production staffs accept media violence first and foremost as potentially damaging, rather than regarding it principally as potential entertainment- (Belson ... ...

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... shows too, that "cries of protest, even when accompanied by rigorous data, have had little influence on the media industry in the past (Palmer 177). A public boycott of violent programming, lyrics, and movies, apparently, is the only way to make the "production staffs accept media violence first and foremost as potentially damaging, rather than regarding it principally as potential entertainment- (Belson ... ...

• Word Count: 2062
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate