...message. Explicit lyrics should not be banned or censored from young people because they could send out content that means something to that person and/or to their history, or that it could mean something for an entire community or culture. Lyrics found in rap music can help someone understand and sympathize with what the rapper is feeling. If people were to stop focusing on the negatives of rap music and start looking at the positives, they would have better respect towards rap music all in all. Some songs give out so much meaning that could influence a child to feel something towards that song and relate it to their own life and act upon their life as if it is being described in the song they listen to. Explicit lyrics have been around for many years and have given out a message to those who can feel exactly what the rapper is feeling. Even though rap music with explicit lyrics have had been given a bad reputation in society, “raps popularity can be useful in opening adolescents up to being more expressive” (Wiley 1). Parents are trying to understand the concept of explicit lyrics and how they can be beneficial for their child, but in reality, they’re only paying attention to the loud and vulgar words coming out of the lyrics and don’t take the time to comprehend what the rapper is implying. Deane Wiley states that, “if you cultivate even a limited knowledge of rap, a discourse about it can be a way of getting them to feel more relaxed, and then to open up and discuss various...
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...the average teenager listens to over 2.5 hours of music daily. Riddled with ideas disguised as metaphors it can be understood how some negative concepts and ideals can become a part of anyone listening daily thinking habits. Music’s influence continues to grow readily with the ability to listen to the songs through Mp3 players and personal music systems such as radios and stereos, but the spread of music isn’t the problem it is the words being said. A piece from a New York times Article “Under the Influence of Music” states, “Studies have long shown that media messages have a pronounced impact on childhood risk behaviors. Exposure to images of smoking in movies influences a child’s risk for picking up the habit. Alcohol use in movies and promotions is also linked to actual alcohol use.” “The study authors noted that music represents a pervasive source of exposure to positive images of substance use. The average adolescent is exposed to approximately 84 references to explicit substance use per day and 591 references per week, or 30,732 references per year. The average adolescent listening only to pop would be exposed to 5 references per day, whereas the average adolescent who listens just to rap would be exposed to 251 references per day.” Songs that firmly talk about the use of substances such as Sublime’s Smoke Two Joints, or The Velvet Undergrounds’ Heroin, speak of substance abuse and can lead young adults and children to believing that the use of these drugs is a daily...
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...The Effects of Music Videos on Kids It is a fact that music and visual pictures affect Kids. At Day Care they use music and pictures to teach kids, singing ABC’ s for instance. They also use pictures to teach kids animals, truck, cars, etc. You can even go back to biblical times, David played a harp to calm a vicious animal. Studies have shown that certain love songs help dolphins mate, has a slow sweet love song ever put you in the mood. So in my opinion I believe it is hard to dispute that music has some effect on all people, but in a youth that is still developing their values and morals I believe it has a lot of effect. So imagine combining both music and pictures , you get music videos. It is hard to pin point why students are in elementary, middle school, and high school grades dropping plus a higher dropout rates are higher . Plus kids are getting STD,s and pregnant at an earlier age. But look at all the sex and sexual things that are in music videos. This kids look up at these artist as role models, but the artist take on none of the responsibility . Just as the kids at day care song songs of ABC, s now it’s about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. The extensive watching of videos has greatly affected the demeanor of dressing in female and male teens. I believe strongly that the sex in music videos is one of the main reasons grades and the youth values on sex have changed. ( Lopez., 2007) . Another horrible vision that the music videos depict is the use of drugs and...
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...“Respect others if you would have others respect you” This, written by Baltasar Gracian, is reflecting that if we want to be respected then we have to learn to respect. Disrespect is lack of respect or disregarding someone. Most disrespect you may see will come from children. At their age it is easier to influence them in a negative way rather than adults. Things such as music, television, and social media are known to be a part of this. Research states it is very common for an adolescent to disrespect adults. It is often provoked by increased stress, depression, or violent feelings. One factor you will see is the lack of discipline. Growing up and learning about what’s wrong and what’s right is a crucial part of one’s life. Without discipline, people can grow up thinking they can do what pleases them and not get in trouble. That can include talking in a vulgar way, physical abuse and crime. Music can influence in multiple ways. The most direct way is the lyrics of the song. Sometimes a song will mention things such as beating up parents, allowing people to think this is acceptable. Another way is the artist themselves. Sometimes they will want to act just like their favorite artist. Sometimes that certain artist will be seen getting arrested or doing drugs and their fans will want to act in the same manner. It can take a post on social media, or an article in the news about the artist. Aside from the music, television may also have an effect on the child’s behavior. Certain...
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...Music Video Effects on its Listeners EN 1320 / Composition I Music Video Effects on its Listeners Some would argue that these videos are simply a way for musical artists to express themselves in a way that they normally could not with just music, but statistics and research would argue otherwise. Studies have shown that a vast majority of music videos today have a negative impact on adolescents. These videos have a large influence on how teens view themes such as sex, drugs, violence and even influence their behaviors like how they see themselves and how they think they should fit in by establishing gender stereotypes. These themes are very dangerous as most of today’s youth get their information from the media. While some music videos are seen as an art form, they force much of today’s teens to hold very unrealistic views of life by skewing what their priorities and goals should be. Today’s music and its videos have a huge influence on many factors of a young adolescent’s life. One aspect in particular is sex. Studies have shown that sexual content appears in more than 75% of the videos being viewed (Ashby, 2005). Needless to say, this is a very high exposure of sexual content in music videos. The dangerous part of this is that young impressionable minds are viewing these videos and getting most of their information about sex and life decisions from the media instead of from parents. The danger is shown in other...
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...friendly manner in the form of speech, fashion, and personal style. Rap/Hip-Hop music was a way for them to get their message out, by telling stories of their lifestyles. However, over the years Rap/Hip-Hop music has become much more popular for its explicit lyrics, reference of drugs, alcohol and sexual explicit videos. Many may ask “Could Rap/Hip-Hop music have a negative influence on today’s youth, because of its unhealthy messages”? This research paper will examine the effects of rap/hip-hop music on today’s youth and whether or not it has a negative influence. Brenda L. Williams-Capers Professor Dana Taylor English Composition II December 11, 2011 Over the year’s many researchers have conducted studies on the effects of rap/hip-hop on today’s youth. The results have been mixed; however there are indications that some forms of Rap/Hip-Hop music could have negative influence on today’s youth. This is due to the fact that youth start to adapt the negative aspects of the gangster rap, by displaying aggressive behaviors and committing crimes of violence. Rap gets a bad rap because some songs contain explicit lyrics, drugs, alcohol and sex. A study conducted by Ralph J. DiClemente (2003) indicated that teen girls who spend more than 14 hours per week watching the sex and violence depicted in the “reel” life of “gangster” rap music videos are more likely to practice these behaviors in real life. Also, this study suggested that those teens were also three times...
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...known as the Sino arterial node. The node sends signals through nerves in the heart to other nodes such as the AV or atrio-ventricular node and these result in the contraction of the chambers (Copeland, 1991). Heart rate is the number of heart beats per unit of time, typically expressed in beats per minute or bpm. The average heart rate at rest under normal conditions of adolescents and adults is 63.3 bpm ± 13.1 bpm, with variability of 3.2 bpm ± 2.1 (Leschka, 2006). Other factors also have an influence on the heart beat and heart rate such as the medulla of the brain of the hormone adrenaline. External stimuli or external factors also result in alterations of the heart rate. These include physical and emotional factors. One type of external stimuli that is shown to have effects on the heart rate is sound, specifically music. Music is currently being considered to be used as therapy for coronary conditions as well as on anxiety (Smolen et al, 2002). In addition, music is widely prevalent in the lives of adolescents. Teenagers in this day are age are exposed to music on a regular basis and a majority of adolescents living in the United States own mp3 or I-Pods (Epperson, 2011). Sound has been shown to have effects on the heart rate. The...
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...and freak-a-leeks: As you shake your moneymaker to the latest Ludacris jam, more than just a catchy tune may be seeping in your head, you may want to know that music is often accused for influencing certain behaviors, but is this really so? Music being very prevalent in our culture today it can be perceive that each adolescent has a song that relates to their everyday life… or in other words “the soundtrack of their life.” but some will say that they are innocently listening to one of their favourite song or artist. But is their something more? Can the content of a song influence actions or behaviors? Does music influence latent harmful behaviours? Steve Martino said “"When young people are trying to figure out who they are and who they should be, a lot of them turn to the media," In the media it seems that certain groups that are affiliated with particular genres of music, often seen with styles such as rap and hard-rock/heavy metal, are pinpointed when something within their community goes awry, as having been strongly influenced by the music they listen to. Let us take a look at some examples at where the media accused music for the major cause of adolescent related incedents. One of the most infamous music-influencing-behavior misconceptions is the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, a town in Jefferson County, Colorado, on Apr. 20, 1999, in which 12 students as well as a teacher were fatally injured, as well as 24 others who were injured. Upon learning that...
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...five Individualized Education Program (IEP) students; and (3) a fifth grade classroom. Students exhibited difficulty recalling facts and information in a variety of subject areas evidenced through an inability to gain mastery of grade level skill areas. Research suggests that young students have difficulty understanding concepts and lack the ability and desire to learn. A successful program needs to be developed to teach these concepts. A review of solution strategies suggests that the following musical techniques proved to be helpful for increasing student recall because the songs helped with phonemic training, mnemonics, setting desired skills to familiar tunes, and linking connection to cultural themes. Research has shown that preschool children taught with an early exposure to music through games and songs showed an IQ advantage of 10 to 20 points over those children taught without exposure to the songs. In the same study, students at age 15, had higher reading and mathematics scores in comparison to children without musical experiences. Brain studies indicate that exposure to music alters and increases brain function to make the necessary connections for higher order thinking. Post-intervention data indicated an increase in students' memory recall and emotional involvement. All these increases promoted the motivational...
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...on their adolescent listeners, and the negative influence surrounding today’s popular music is detrimentally affecting today’s youth. “In a study done in 2000, North et al found that a sample of 2465 adolescents in England reported listening to music for an average of 2.45 hours per day” (American Academy of Pediatrics 1). This means that teens are listening to lyrics that desensitize and glamorize the use of drugs, sex, alcohol, and discrimination for at least two hours a day. Then, in addition to listening to music, teens watch explicit music videos, read incriminating articles, and see scandalous stories on the news that further amplify this negative influence....
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...Influences of Sexual Behavior in Adolescence During Adolescence, children are more likely to imitate other role models because they want to be accepted by others in their age group and peer pressure. The importance of peers and media in middle childhood and adolescence can influence them to have risky sexual behaviors. Due to the need for acceptance during adolescents, children are more likely to act upon certain risky behaviors they wouldn't otherwise act upon. The media is the biggest influence in adolescents that promotes sexual behavior. Sexual explicit behavior affects an adolescent by initiating early sexual tensions and leading to drastic consequences they aren't ready to accept. The Need for Acceptance Adolescence is a time when children are trying to understand their identity in their society. As most of their time is spent in school, children feel like they need a sense of acceptance and belonging in a particular peer group. The need for this recognition leads them to make certain choices; they feel like they need change their attire, how they talk, and how they behave so they can be accepted into a group. Certain groups have higher expectations and joining them increases social statuses, adolescents get too...
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...involved in some type of criminal activity. It makes one wonder what causes these teenagers get into these terrible dilemmas. What triggers them to make such drastically bad decisions? Decisions that could alter their path in life, and not for the better. In many cases is possible that the home setting could have a great influence in pushing our youth in the wrong direction. Another big reason for the way children and teenagers act the way they do is the pop culture and the music that most of society listens to which can also greatly affect their minds. There are countless reasons to which why teens turn to music as a source of relief. Sometimes they need a little attention, praise even, to show that they are being noticed. They want to know that their parents have pride in their children and the path that they are taking in their lives. When teens are being ignored by their family, lack an active social life and are possibly being bullied among other reasons, they turn to music among other outlets. Although music can sometimes be a healthier way of dealing with one’s problems and issues or just a form of healthy entertainment, it can also become a negative influence for a person. Lyrics and rhythmic beats can either help soothe the soul or worsen the anguish one is dealing with. In this paper the main focal point will be music and the effects it has on our American youth. Music can be used as an escape. In the article Impact of Music, Music Lyrics, and Music Videos on Children...
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...Investigating the Incline of Marijuana Usage among Adolescents Dashaun Fails COMM/112 2/12/2013 Karen Hamilton Within the last several years there has been a slight increase of marijuana usage nationally amongst adolescents ranging from the ages of eleven to eighteen. Youth tend to be easily pressured or influenced into smoking marijuana by entertainment such as movies and music, as well as friends and family members that condone the habit. Since it is nearly impossible to overdose on marijuana alone, it is most favorable among adolescents because it does not pose an immediate threat to their immune system compared to other drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy. According to http://www.guide4living.com, marijuana has an active ingredient in it called Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, which causes many temporary side effects such as fatigue, distorted perceptions, rise in blood pressure, and hunger. Once the THC is inhaled it only takes a several seconds to travel to the user’s brain then it gradually flows throughout the remainder of their body. When adolescents frequently use marijuana it causes a significant decline in their cognitive skills, because their brains are still in a premature state and still has ample time to reach its optimal potential, when marijuana is continually smoked throughout the early adolescent stage until early adulthood, the chances of becoming addicted rises. Now that the some states has made it legal to use marijuana for medicinal purposes...
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...I was hustlin' in front of, called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughter, and all the brothas in the struggle. You know what I'm sayin? It's all good, baby baby." This introduction is from the song 1994 song "Juicy" by Christopher Wallace, or as the world knows him, The Notorious BIG. The late Christopher Wallace used music to express the circumstances that he encountered as a young black man in New York in the 1980s. Like Wallace, and many other black men and women, life was extremely difficult during this time. The war on drugs had just ended (allegedly) and racial injustice was a huge problem....
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...Music Is Too Sexual For Today’s Youth I remember a time when songs like Madonna’s "Justify My Love " or Nelly’s Tip Drill were not allowed to play on BET and MTV in the daytime only after hours. Now songs like Rihanna’s , Birthday Cake’s or Lady Gaga’s “Government Hooker ,” play constantly on radio and music TV. As parents we try extremely hard to monitor everything our children are watching and listening to , but every radio station and music network seems to promote the sexually - based songs the most. What happen to the good old fashion rules, love before sex and marriage before babies. By the degrading messages that some of these songs send our teens they are not being allowed to understand sex as an act of love , only as an explicit act. Today’s music has a negative influence on today’s youth. “Sex Sells”! But who is it selling to ? After researching this topic I found an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine where a doctor Brian A. Primack, M.D., Ed. M, M.S., Center for Research on Health Care at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. , conducted A study that demonstrated that “ among young adolescents, high exposure to lyrics describing degrading sex in popular music was independently associated with higher levels of sexual behavior”...
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