Violence in the Media
Violence in Music The ideals in rap and hard rock music are sometimes of the violent nature and may influence the demographic of that genre. To help prove that violence in music lyrics and music videos causes violent behaviors in the youth of America, I found a group of my peers standing around and decided to go over to them to discuss this issue. ... Within a few minutes, I had gained their complete trust and we had started conversing about the violence depicted in music. Two of the guys told me they think that even though Eminem writes about violence and rape, there is no reason for kids to act upon those words. ... When I asked the group whether they have ever dealt with someone who had taken some violent lyrics to heart, they told me that the only thing they could ever think about caused by violence in the media was Columbine. ... ” I asked the guys how they feel about all the studies done that link violence to music videos and lyrics. ... The authorities don’t look to see what type of kid committed the act of violence. They assume that the cause is something in the media, when it could actually be personal problems or issues. ... I agree with this to because the nature of the lyrics of some videos are so bad that no one should have to subject young listeners to that degree of vulgarity or violence.