Under the Influence of…Music?

Teenagers listen to music averaging 5 hours a day. Do you guess what they heard?

According to a new report from pediatric and adolescent medicine archives, one-third of popular songs explicitly refer to drug or alcohol abuse. According to the author, this means that children will receive about 35 drug abuse content with the hourly music they hear.

Narcotics and excessive songs are nothing new, but problems are getting more and more attention as many children can listen to the music their parents listen right now. Nearly nine teenagers and teenagers have MP3 players or CD players in their bedrooms.

Research has long shown that media information has a major impact on children's risk behavior. When exposed to images of smoking in a movie, there is a danger that children will become a habit. Alcohol use in movies and promotions is also related to actual drinking

According to Billboard magazine tracking popular music, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School studied the most popular 279 songs in 2005. Whether a song contains a reference to a drug or a reference to an alcohol depends on the genre. Only 9% of popular songs have lyrics about medicine and alcohol. Rock 's number of songs has soared to 14%, the number of R & B and hip - hop songs has increased by 20%, country songs increased by 36%, rap songs increased by 77%.

It is noteworthy that mentioning smoking is not common in today's music, only 3% of songs that use tobacco use. About 14% of songs use cannabis, 24% explain the use of alcohol, and 12% contain references to other substances. Approximately 4% of songs contain information on "anti" drugs and alcohol

The authors of the study pointed out that music is a universal source of positive images of substance use. The average teenager receives about 84 clear substance uses per day and 591 references per week, or 30,732 references per year. An ordinary teenager listening to pop music only touches five references daily and ordinary teenagers listening to that lapse touches 251 references daily.

Whether these problems remain unsolved. The influence of smoking and exposure to alcohol in movies is well documented, but little is known about the impact of music on dangerous behavior of children.

The authors of the study suggest that while music has lacked the visual elements of the movie, teenagers are much more exposed to music, with movie images averaging 16 hours a week and about 6 hours a week It says that it has. However, the frequency of contact is not the only factor. Unlike visual media, music is a powerful social force that can be integrated into personal personal identity, memory, and emotion.

"Music is known for its deep connection with young people and influence on identity development, and it may be better than any other entertainment media," the research authors say.

In the New York Times article "Will it be influenced by the music?" Tara Parker-Pope wrote: "Average teenagers use about 84 distinct substance uses per day and 1 Receive 591 references per week, or 30,732 annuals Reference material: "How do these references affect young people today? The images of these videos are interpreted as the ends of the spectrum From advertising inappropriate use of drugs to advertising alcohol and lesbians content to attract young people to concepts causing more influential thought challenging social norms and systems This declining type of music deprives freedom of choice among young people by promoting sexual harassment and gun violence as a normal way of life, To boy will require little to portray the sex, such as thugs and girls. God ugly in the "water", it contains the lyrics.

I became music of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Four Seasons, and James Taylor. A few decades later, when I quit my company work and participated in the MFA poetry show, I was influenced by the music of Eminem. In my senior speech at Bennington, I thought that Marshall Mathers had much in common with the early bad boy artist Lord Byron. I thought that the sound was sweet, smooth and sexy. In Amazon Music, you can click on "Lyrics" to see what he is saying. Okay: I will not cite them here on a large scale. Is it as shocking as Sir Byron or Eminem on weekends? I do not know much about the current music scene, so it is wrong person to tell you. However, there are some signs that seems to be mainstream in the year 2017.