Let's Stop Glorifying Drugs in Music Videos

Stop evaluating drag music industry's drag and music video narration of music videos. Since the strong influence of Hip-Hop and its rise became world culture, it has dominated the lifestyle of the city center and suburbs that influence each of us. Hip-hop culture is not only a free poetic expression (colloquial and poetic form) of a young black African-American, but also a true lifestyle that many of us will never see or touch It is also a viewpoint.

Society believes that medicine is still cool. Films, music, video games, TV programs, and everything in between beautifies the use of drugs and alcohol, at least they are drawn in a "not so bad way" at all. Drugs and alcohol are easy to get, enjoyable to use, people are under stress, and cheaper than ever. Part of me is almost surprised, more people are not using medication, everything is good for the user's interests. There is no reason why students do not jump into the world of medicine under the name of medicine or experiment.

Research on the use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco in magazines, cartoon books, music videos, video games is about the same as other kinds of media. In the 1994 survey we investigated the use of alcohol and tobacco in music videos broadcast on several TV channels including MTV, VH 1, CMT, BET. Research found that tobacco is most common in MTV. Alcohol is almost the same in all channels. In this survey we also found that the use of tobacco and alcohol is most frequently seen in lap videos. In most cases, video lead singer or musician is a drinker or a smoker.

The use of medicine and alcohol is often attractive in lyrics and music videos. Johns Hopkins Children's Center reports that alcohol is drawn every 14 minutes in music video. According to a study published in Pediatrics magazine, "Increasing the number of viewers of TV and music videos is a risk factor for teenagers to drink."

Music: How does the commercial pressure of the music industry affect music creation? How do you explain the use of gender, class, relationships, alcohol and drugs in music (and music video)? How do young people interpret this information? How do music genres and styles (pop, rock, hip hop, R & B, etc.) affect music and music video content? How do musicians describe in the media, how does it affect young people? Law: How are media products depicted by criminals or the criminal justice system? How are these descriptions affected by media creator values ​​and assumptions, business considerations, or various types of impact (police programs, action games, etc.)? How will digital media influence our intellectual property rights, disliked words, harassment, recognition of embarrassment?