to be played wherever possible‚ it is common to censor particular words‚ particularly profanities. Some music labels or artists produce censored versions themselves‚ sometimes with alternative lyrics‚ to comply with the rules set by various radio and television programs. But is this necessary? Would censoring music now be innovative or post-modern? Some people think this censorship is pointless because much of the time‚ the audience knows what the word is anyways. For instance‚ in many songs‚ the
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American radio and television programs. The difficulty in accessing popular music encouraged the Cuban young people to create their version of hip-hop. Compared with the American hip-hop artists‚ Cuban rappers are more educated. As such‚ the Cuban rap lyrics are more diverse in terms of intellectual and artistic content (Pérez‚ 2011). The artists use
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Why Music Should Not Be Censored “Censorship is based on fear ”(Johnny Clegg). The fear that people‚ especially youth‚ will be exposed to music with lyrics and/or videos that contain obscene content. There are those that want to limit the exposure of these songs to the public. Then there are the others who want to let people choose what they can and can not listen to. Music censorship has no place in our modern society‚ because of its negative effects. Censorship is nothing new in America. After
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police officers. Jon Pareles who wrote the article‚ ‘Should Ice Cube Voice be Chilled? ’argues from several different point of views on why Cube’s album should not be sold. The article also argues that his voice should be chilled because of violent lyrics and threats towards which it addresses. Jon Pareles made his argument by simply using different responses and groups to show why the album should not be sold and should be edited. For example‚ the Simon Wiesenthal Center is Jewish human rights group
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her breasts or butt. Something has to be done to change the way women are viewed in the media‚ how women aren’t so confident on how they look‚ and the way women are being used as sexual objects. This could possibly be done by‚ censoring the advertisements and music lyrics that are released and also by educating the public about what this new eras’ actions are doing to our
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important part of many people’s lives. No matter who a person is they most likely can not say that they do not like any type of music‚ there is something out there for everyone. The censorship of music should be re-evaluated because the impact of lyrics can be both positive and negative‚ the artist of said music have certain rights‚ and in most cases‚ the music itself is not the cause of issues in teens schooling. At least 40% of kids in the U.S. listen to music at least 11 hours or more a week
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Discussing underground music‚ the Cuban society creates the perfect climate for it by censoring it. This leads me to the next issue‚ the censorship in Cuba on underground and the relation that censorship builds between these two. According to Baker‚ this relationship between dominant and underground cultures would remark their interdependence as demonstrating the way in which confrontation or criticism simply serves to strengthen the power of the state‚ which prefers engagement to silence. According
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form an opinion on this‚ one must hear both sides of the argument. Some believe that music should be censored so all audiences can hear it without it containing any controversial lyrics. Others believe it should not be censored and musical artists should be able to speak‚ sing‚ rap‚ or rhyme freely without anyone censoring them. Whether a person finds a work obscene depends largely on his or her moral or religious beliefs. These views change with each generation and further complicate the censorship
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have been regulated by government through entities such as education systems‚ broadcasting stations and social domains to instill media into the minds of the people. Music is subjected to critic based on language and conceptualization that leads to censoring by governing bodies that influence the mass media and popular culture. Censorship is infringing the rights of free speech in music lyrically and limiting artistic expression to spread thought provoking ideas to audiences.
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hear both sides of the argument. Some people believe that music should be censored so all audiences can hear it without it containing any controversial lyrics. Others believe it should not be censored‚ and that musical artists should be able to speak‚ sing‚ rap‚ or rhyme freely without anyone filtering out their own personal views or messages. Censoring makes the process of constant change and evolution of society very difficult by preventing new ideas from being presented to people. "All Censorships
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