Does Music Have An Influence On Teens

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Music, music videos and the lyrics that go along with the music of this century are greatly influencing the youth of America in negative ways. It is portraying the use of alcohol and drugs as both normal and acceptable, and also glorifying it. It is showing young women wearing provocative clothing, and promoting pre-marital sex. It is also teaching the youth of gangs, weapons, and violent behaviors such as murder and suicide as everyday activities. It is teaching the youth to grow up and face a reality that they are not responsible for knowing.
‘Increased television and music video viewing are risk factors for the onset of alcohol use in adolescents. Attempts to prevent adolescent alcohol use should address the adverse influences of alcohol use in the media.’(Television and Music Video Exposure and Risk of Adolescent Alcohol Use) Many rappers glorify the use of drug and alcohol use. They rap about smoking weed, popping pills, and drinking forty’s, and the youth of America is paying attention to these lyrics. Is it not bad enough that they rap about such behaviors that MTV had to give them the privilege of promoting such negative behavior in their videos. Such music or hip hop or rap is not always a danger for a teenager, but if
a teenager is always interested in the unsound lyrics that are the themes of their music it can cause teenagers to be isolated, depressed, and turn to drug and alcohol use.(The Influence of Music and Music Videos)
Sex sells, or at least the record industries say so. Just ask Brittney Spears or Nsync who credit of success normally is not given to their ability to sing but rather to their good looks. Another source you can yet again turn to is rap videos, who are widely known for the dancers, which are normally women in lingerie or skimpy bathing suits. Many parents are afraid to sit down and watch TV at night with they young children because they are afraid of what they will see on the ...