has been attracted to music. Whether it be part of a ritual‚ an emotional release‚ religious reasons‚ or just for listening pleasure music has been at the center of our society. We have used music to express ourselves‚ tell stories‚ and let others into our thoughts. However‚ we often wonder whether what we are saying has an effect on the listening audience. Recently‚ in the 1990’s references have often been made to link violent and deviant behavior to music and certain music genres. Some such
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Dancehall Music is a popular genre of Jamaican music. It is composed of ‘riddims’‚ fast upbeat rhythms than the traditional reggae music. Dancehall music has become a symbol of explicit sexual imagery and violence. Despite the positive effects Dancehall music might have on our young people‚ it has become more a pathway for moral degradation with our young people. Dancehall lyrics are found to be crude as it promotes sexual behaviors‚ sexual imagery and violence. It is expected that the youth of society
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In the article Rap and Moral Character by Susan Dwyer‚ the subject of concern is the consequences of listening to rap music and the effect it has on moral character. The author argues that rap music contribute to the corruption of moral character‚ it is misogynistic‚ promotes violence and street crime. In this paper I will examine the author’s claims‚ use of key concepts‚ and her reasoning. By doing so‚ I will be able to demonstrate that Dwyer’s thesis is unjust and unsupported. In what follows‚
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Author of message‚ (Date). Subject of message. Electronic conference or bulletin board (Online). Available e-mail: LISTSERV@ e-mail addressWhat do music and the brain have to do with each other? The brain is two and a quarter pound piece of living tissue that controls the human nervous system. Music on the other hand is a collection of sound waves that multiply through the air and has varying frequencies and tones that follow a distinguishable order. We all are able to recognize the significance
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The following six questions are addressed in a critique of an article entitled: Controversial Rap Themes‚ Gender Portrayals and Skin Tone Distortion: A Content Analysis of Rap Music Videos. This article was published in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media and written by Kate Conrad‚ Travis Dixon‚ and Yuanyuan Zhang. Kate and Yuanyuan are PhD students in the Department of Speech Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Travis is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
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These past couple months leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election I have been thinking about the impact effect of the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of the number of state members in the house of representatives and the number of state members in the senate. In Kansas we have 6 electoral college votes because we have 4 house of representatives and 2 senators. The electoral college was originally designed so each state could choose representatives to cast their states
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The effects of child based commercialization does not become as prevalent until the child reaches school. In my time‚ a child would be able to escape the need to drastically conform until around the sixth grade; after that you are expected to wear certain clothing
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century in England allowed for mass production of many things that would improve the manufacturing of many products. This revolution soon spread to the United States and throughout Western Europe. Even though the Industrial Revolution brought about positive advances through the invention of technology‚ communication‚ and transportation‚ William Blake also laments the harm it brought to humanity. Before the Industrial Revolution had begun‚ England’s economy was mainly based on the cotton industry. Workers
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The YouTube Effect: Live Music Festivals and Brands Dissertation submitted to MAKHANLAL CHATURVEDI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION‚ BHOPAL In partial fulfilment of the requirements For the award of the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN Management and Marketing Communication By Joyeeta Dutta Choudhury Enrolment Number: Research Guide K Sai Prasad‚ HoD‚ Marketing Communication‚ Commits Semester IV‚ May 2014 CONVERGENCE INSTITUTE OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND IT
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THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC ON AGGRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS Author: SHALEEN L. COSS Date: not stated Participants: The participants were collected by means of convenience sampling. The participants in the study were 40 undergraduate psychology students‚ all involved in Psychology Learning Communities at Loyola University New Orleans. The participants were mostly Caucasian with some African Americans‚ Hispanics and Asians. There were 3 male and 29 female participants‚ with a greater proportion
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