Saturday, 30 October 2010

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To what extent does violence in music videos encourage and result in violent behaviour in young people?


"Everything that children see or hear in the media early on in their lives affects them in some way." 
http://allpsych.com/journal/violentmedia.html


"Extremely violent lyrics have moved into the mainstream of the music industry. The Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, lists Eminem, Dr Dre and Limp Bizkit all of whom have been criticized for their violent and misogynist lyrics among its top-grossing artists."
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/violence_entertainment.cfm


The largest sampling of music video content to date reveals a disturbing amount of violence, as well as unrealistic views of racial and sexual relationships
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/04.09/MusicVideosProm.html







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